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Published Weekly at 1C4 West 46th St.. New York, N. Y., by Variety* Ijic. Annual subscription, $10. Single copies, 2G cento. 
Kntered as second-class matter December 22, 1905. at the Post Ofllce at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. 


VOL. XC. No. 3 


NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1928 


64 PAGES 




AND REPUBLICANS 



NUMBER OF STRANDED GIRL HLM 
EXTRAS MUCH BELOW LAST YEAR 



Publicity About Conditions in Picture Colony at 
Hollywood Beneficial in 1927— Of Those Going 
to Coast 5 Per Cent Only Got Inside Studios 



Ijos Angeles, Jan, 31, 
Tlie number of girl film extrJis 

requiring charitable assiistance in 
1927 was almost negligible, as com- 
pared with previous years, accord- 
ing to ^ records of the Hollywood 
fitudio Club. It is an organization 
' maintained for the welfare of girl 
Studio workers. 

National publicity given [lolly- 
wood's unemployment pi-6blem and 
propaganda circulated by local civic 
organizations is said to have re- 
duced to a minimum the number of 
penniless girls. Fonnerly they 
yearly poured into Hollywood ex- 
(Contlnucd on page 58) 



7 NEW HOTELS 
GOING UP IN 
TIMES SQ. 



AH West of Broadway— 
Chahins Propose World's 
Largest of 6^700 Rooms 



Times Square as a hoter center 
took form wli.t:n the Clianin-bullt 
Lincoln opened at 8ih avenue, 44th- 
45th streets. It represents an in- 
vestinent of between $10,000,000 and 
111,000,000, with • 1,400 rooms, all 
with bath. 

Within three blocks, three other 
hotels of top class are shortly to 
open — Piccadilly on the 45th street 
block nearer Broadwas'; Para- 
mount, directly back of it on 47th 
Btreet, and the President on 48 th 
street, nearer 8 tli avenue. In addi- 
tion are building the Victoria at 51s.t 
street andtTth avenue, Century on 
- 4Cth;-street-east C)r-.li roadway ..and 
now open, and LeCtcourt, de.'iiKned 
a.s a m.ajor structure on 47th street 
West of Broadway friow. the .«;ite of 
a. warehouse). 

The.'^e seven hotels arc spotted in 
the lieart of the theatre district. 
Those . west of Broadway, give 
promise enhancing the proper- 
(Cnntlniied on page 62) 



Guest*s Success 



During the Beaux Arts ball 
at the Hotel Astor Friday 
night, when boys and girls in. 
all sorts of dress, some fancy, 
were wandering over the hos- 
telry, one of the re.trular guests 
attached a sign to his door 
reading: 

■ Ladies' Room 

And with much success, he 
stated. 



WAY OF REFORMERS 



Washington, Jani 31. 

A speech released last week by 
the Lord'.s Day Alliance, as ho.ving 
been made by Congressman Lank- 
foi'd (Ga.) on his Sunday closing 
bill for Washington, was not de- 
livered by the Congres.smau. 

Tied up in an unexpected com- 
mittee meeting, Lankford could 
not attend the meeting called by 
(.ho Alliance here. He was to have 
been principal speaker. 
- So the reformers l.ct.,the talk, go 
to the press anyw-ay. 



Golf Champ in Six Films 

Los Angelo.s, .Tan, 31. 
Walter Hagen, national, profes- 
sional golf champion, has signed 
with Tiffany-Slahl to inake six fea- 
tures.. 

The stories will all contain a golf 
background. 



Prison Shows QflF 

Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 31. 

No more shows by inmates of 
Auburn Prison. 

The show has been an annual 
event, with public admitted. 

A report from the State Commis- 
sion in charge recommending against 
it sQuelches future f-vents. 



- " Qu^een" Asks- Abotit- H ar-vey^^:-^^ ..^ 
Toronto, Jan. 31. 

Queen Mary of Enfrland w.'is 
amongsr. tho,so who cabled' uskiiin 
for the, condition of Sir .j w<in. Martip 
Ilarvtty, who collapsed during thr; 
flr.'^t act of "Scarainouohe" and was 
almost immediately, operated upon 
for intestinal tr6uT)le. 

The actor will recover. 



BUT lilE EKHIBS 




Insistent Report Republicans 
Look to Hays to Deliver 
U. S. Screens to Their 
Party— Hays Without Au- 
thority . in Moving Picture 
Business Details — — May 
Have Couple of Chains 
Favor Him, Perhaps 500 
Theatres and That Doubt- 
ful -r^ Over 7,000 Indie 
Hnuses 



DEMOCRATS WATCHFUL 



Negotiations between members of 
the Republican party and the Hays 
organization for the purpose of get? 
ting screen support during the 
forthcoming elections, especially for 
Hoover as presidential candidate, 
are reported at an unsatisfactory 
stage. 

It is said Hoover representatives 
have already asked for national 
screen support from Hays. In in- 
dependent circles the impression is 
that Hays' ability, or inability, to 
deliver the screens will have its re- 
action in an influence on the pend- 
ing Brookhart bill. 

Independents have been trying to 
combat tKe belief, held by politidal 
leaders, of Hays' power in the nio- 
(Contlnued on page 37) 



BEAUTS OF N. Y. 
SOUGHT FOR 
HLM TESTS 



Sidewalks of Metropolis 
More Fertile Than Cafe- 
terias of Los Angeles 



SUITTOCOMPENYmEGRAPff 
TO PRODUCE PRIZE PLAY, 'CLAIM' 

E. J. Reiily Awarded "Telegraph's*' Judge's Decision 
2 Years Ago Claims Daily Failed to Fulfill Obli- 
gation of Contest — Unique Enforcement Action 



Continuity and Radio 



Columbia Broadcasting' Sys- 
tem is bVvanching out and an- 
ticipates several new com- 
mercial accounts. For this 
purpose a new continuity 
writer has been taken on. 

Continuity is as important 
to commercial radio now as to 
a film company. 



Chorus Blames Weak 
Singing on Low Wages 

Berlin, Jan. 20. 

Chorus of the Dresden opera Is 
so badly paid that it is not singing 
as well as it did In former days. 
The chorus i? accused of passive 
resistance, but denies this, stating 
that they are not able to get suf- 
fiolent nourishment from the sal- 
aries they are receiving. 

The 93 members of the chorus 
and ballW asked for a c6mbtiie<l 
increase of .$0,000, one-thrld of the 
raise in salary which Fritz Busch, 
leading conductor, has been given 
this year. Demands of the chorus 
have been definitely refu.sed. 



''Hot Mush" Annoimcers 



Ilan y liixpf s indu.-jtrioiiH pur.suit 
of •\Ui')!.h"r .foun Crawford," whl^h 
has kept the camr-ras grinding 
fiteadily for tiie pu.yt 10 days a:s 
scores of girls were given . .screen 
tests, seems to be a foreruimer of 
a, general movement of IToUywood 
(Continued on page a9> 



San jb'ranci.sco, Jan. 31. 
"Hot Mtjsh" announcers la what 
the average radio fan calls a num- 
ber of station aimouncers who iaeem 
to regard thetn.selvcs . as tho last 
word, 

"I 

Either their .-iniiotiricements arc 
.-to full of egotism they drive the 
aver.age listener to tune in on an- 
other station or their words are so 
mumbled that it takes some guess- 
iiji^' to find what station is on the 

Auioiig the jtriru.'ipaf offenders art; 
jlie artiio.'ineei ;il CSalt Lake) 

aii.l KOA (Ij'.-riwv), 

At station WT.r.M fChicago)', the 
announces .of the midnight revels 
sing-songs his announcements so 
rapidly it's w, k'. to iirii)f)'-:'<it>lr; tD 
gftlhoi what is bein;^ ^.lid, 



On behalf of E. J. Rellly, author 
and playwright, Abnor J. Ilublen, 
attorney, has been retained to start 
suit against the New York "Morn- 
ing Telegraph" fo'r specific produc- 
tion of a play entitled "The Claim,", 
awarded first prize in a contest con- 
ducted by the "Telegraph" about 
two years ago. 

The contest was u.^ed as a bally- 
hoo by the "Telegraph" for bver a 
year, with David Belasco presiding 
over a group of judges comprising 
some of the best^known legit and 
literary names on Broadway. 

Though winning the contest, 
Rellly alleges In his complaint that 
(Continued on pa;ge 58) 



SHOOLMANMUST 
PAY TODAY OR 
LOSE $400,000 

Final Date of Optioh's 
Renewal on Poli Circuit 
Expires Feb. 1 



M.'ix Slioolman ;ind his a.ssoeIatcis 
stand to ■ lose $-100,000, tlie i>ricc of 
thciir option on the lease of the Poli • 
circuit, unless the deal Is clo.sed by 
today (Feb. 1). It Is said Shoolman 
has had a speculative motive for a 
turnover of tho. option to the pur- 
chase of the I*oll string. 

It i.H reported Whoolnian roftUzed 
the $400,000 cash deposit from a 
syndicate of 12 men and hoped to 
sell the. option for $1,000,000 or more 
or lease the chain to one of the sev- 
(Contlnued on page C8) ' 



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LONDON AS II LOOKS 

By HANNEN SWAFFER 



Lpndon, Jan. 20. 

IjoiuIuii thc.itrfl ninnattors have OTi<ie again been wondering who It 
l8 has the rieht, evoi-y now and then, to call up the "Dajly Mail," the 
"Evohiner News," the "'Weekly Dispatbh" and the "Daily Mirror'Varid 
tell them to' boom jsonie play or other. 

Some yoar.s . affo, when the whole of the. Nor thcliffe Press , began to 
.say how marvelous Seymour Hicks was In . "The Man, In Dress Clothes," 
peoiJlo could understand It, because it was known that v/hen Northcliffe 
went to see the show, it. was the first play he had seen, for years. 

The Mystery of "iauest" 

Tile case of "Quest," though^ Is a more puzzling one. I saw^. this pilay 
on the first night: and thought, it. a very poor comedy, written around 
obvious flapdoodle, and destined, it seemed, to drag along the four weeks 
It deserved. ; 

Then, suddenly, the other day, I saw In the "Daily Mail" In big type, 
at the top of a colujim, the words "Miss .Heather Thatcher.". I thought 
it was' a warning at first, and that Heather Thatcher ought to be missed. 
But, no! Underneath, it said, "Defines Test of a Play's Success." 

A Boom That Was Not There ; 
ijhen I went on to read that "Business is booming in. the' London tho- 
. atres," . which was not ti-ue. • ' 

A little, further down the column, I . read that ." 'Qii^sf at the Criterion 
theatre is taking more" and mo're. money iat every performance." If that 
■ were, true, . I . wondered what all the fuss was about, because, obviously, 
it. was a puff, one of those mysterious things that Carmelite House goes 
in for, every, now a,nd then, choosing, invariably, .some play which has 
aro'used merely m'y sense of irony. 

Punk About the Pit : 
..f'lf the pit is the test of a play's aijpeal, then 'Quest' is an undoubted 
success," Miss Heather Thatcher was reported to say in this same article. 
; "The. pit is full every evening.' - 

Now, as, when there Is a succfess at the Criterion, there is usually only 
three rows of a . pit,' It was extraordinary what fuss was made of this 
ingenuou.'?' statement; . . 

The Courage of Gordon Beckles 
Tlieatre managers wondered what it was all about. . Later in the day, 
the "Evening News" boosted "Quest." Gn Sunday, the ""Weekly Dis- 
patch" was expected to have another go, alth.o'ugh I am delighted to 
hear that Gordon. Beckles, the boy critic of the ""Weekly Dispatch," 
refused to print a puff in his column. 

Fleet Street 1$ ringing with the. news of his bravery.: I applaud young 
Beckles's display of courage.. It was what I expected, of him. He looks 
BO stalwiart. He is not even afraid of LoM iRothermere— or nie. . 

Then, on Monday, the "Daily Mail'.' had another go. There was more 
. about Miss Thatcher, aiid the pit. It was marvelous to "know that this 
great actress was coming into , her own, at last. 

^ Then,, in the "Evening News" that night, I read about "Quest" that 
"People who have gone to this play feeling out of sorts and down in 
..the dumps have found in the acting of Miss Thatcher and Mr. Hugh 
Wakefield an invigorating tonic, and their laughter has been as loud 
and whole-hearted as that of the really fit members of the audience." 
^ Who Feels Their Pulses? 

l<row, I ask you whether theatre managers ,igo' round among the audi- 
ence, before a play starts,, take their temperatures, ask to see their 
to-ngues, test their blood pressure, knock their knees, and do all the 
' other things dpiie by Madison avenge specialists to make certain of their 
health before the bunk starts; 

Publicity has gone mad when this sOrt of thing- is allowed. 

Pity the Real TryersI 
Now theatre managers bccasionally spend thousands of dollars on a 
production;' now and then, they select their companies with the greatest 
care; sometimes, they go to the trouble of obtaining the help of great 
artists and famous musicians; they have even been known to stage one 

• of the world's greatest plays. "When they do thi.s, they are usually left 
to themselves, to go bankrupt, BUt when so'me little comedy in which 
an ordinary actress like Miss Thatcher is appearing is staged— this is 
not the Tirst"' time tliCTG -ha-3-beciirxr-Heathei--T-hatchei^-boiun=^^ 
is made of it than if Shakespeare and Gordon Craig and Sybil Thomdike 
and El^ar and the Albert Hall all combined in one grpat art effort. 

"Why, then, taice any trouble at all about the theatre. 

More Bunk, Yes, Even Morel 

I read in the "Evening News," too,: right across a screaming headline, 
that "Ivor Novello has grown a nioustache." It is most manly of him. 
I applaud his fortitude; Perhaps, now, Noel Coward will sprout a heard. 

We do live in days of bunk, don't we? Andre Chariot was saying, 
the other day, that as people wanted amusement on Sunday nights, he 
was going to start a new society to produce Sunday plays and he wanted 
to pay the artists! 

A day or. two later. Mis. Geffrey 'Whltworth wrote to me, appealing 

• for my aid .for a matinee at which the boys and girls born of acting 
stock were to play "The Young Visiters," so that the Stage Society could 
be helped with the money. Now, the Stage Society,: the. first and mo'st 
important of all' Sunday night play societies in Enf,')and, has been sup- 
ported by Shaw and the brainiest people in the Engli.sh theatre. 

It has done a great work for the English stage; In fact,, it is by far 
the most distinguished society of its kind in this country. But, in order 
that it can go on, kindly litUe children have to give a chanty matineo 
^ once a year toi help it along; ..Does _M.n,C^^^ I wonder? 

Truex Again in the Limelight" ' 
Any way, I went along and I saw two otC Sybil Thorndike's children, two 
of El-nest Truex's, the Dorothy Dickson girl, artd a, handful of Russell 

• Thorridike's babes, oh, a whole array of infant effort, very clever, very 
charming, but, dear me. pity the poor Stage Society: 

-The afternoon was. a joy, of course. Ernest Truex's oldest boy played 
the Prince of "Wales with a, lino American accent that made us all scream. 
The younger boy; as the Earl of Clinchatn; In speech was. sis refined as 
George Grossmith. Ernest Truex was. to have sold two. copies of the play 
by auction, to' help the Stage Society, the fund», of which, were to be aided 
by the autographs of the baby actors. Fortunately, he had a cold, so he 
only sat on the stage, silently, while someone else sold them for him. 

The War of the Paragraphers 

Theatre managers are Very pleased, anyway, about the new fight be- 
tween Eric Barker, .a theatre paragraphist on ono evening paper, .and 
Norman ttillson, a new rival oh another. They have started a way to 
best each other with paragraphs. iSo the consequence' is a manager can 
get at the top of a column noW in either paper, a story which, a few 
months? ago, would have been given two lines among the greyho'und 
racing. 

The two men do not speak; their, friends have taken sides; one con- 
ti-adicts what the other say.s.. One new joke is to call up one man and 
tell him what you think the other has . got. ■ , ^ *i 

For years, Eric Barker has prided himself on getting sooo'ps about tho- 
-=--atricar-mai-riagiia...=^heL.a^ actuaUy di.'^covered that a 

girl Who had' acted in "liroadway'' was going 16" miiiTy^a^ CaTiadidn-^T^ l 
was on page one, with picture. Eric Barker turned green. 

They tell me that Eric Barker goes in to his ofiice every day to ex- 
plain Why he did not get what the other f<'llow got. A.S. tlie other fellow 
. calls himself "Argonaut," they, are calling Barker "Arguenot." 

Anyway, It is good for trade. Wliy advorll.'^p? 

The Truth About Thomas. Hardy 

t miiRt tell you about. Thomas Hardy! "Will. Hays may have heard that 
he was one of .Engla.nd's greatest , authors. He died at the age of 86. 
earning a funeral in Westminster Abbey. 

Then a reporter wont down to' his nativi' town in We.«pex and inter- 




WILL MAHONEY 

The' New "York '«un" In review- 
ing "Take the Air" said : "There Is 
no funnier person oh. two feet than 
Will Mahoney. His rendition of the 
song 'Lily* Is a screaim aiid his com- 
edy, taip dancing and . falls! even 
more than that But why go on? 
You will see . him anyhow. You 
must see him. He's great. 

Directton 

RALPH G. FARNUM 

1660 Broadway 




Reinhardt, Barnowsky, 
Robert Quit Mgrs/ Ass' n 



"When the Embassy theatre, IvTew 
York, . first, opened , with run photo- 
plays; Gloria Bishop was widely 
exploited as its "hostes.';," though 
she seemed conspicuous by her 
absence. Prior to that tim.e she 
had appeared aemi-proffessionilly as 
a toei dancer and before long, sflie 
departed from her native land and 
dropped from sight. She has family 
connections In various parts of Eu- 
rope, Including an aunt, the Duchess 
Helle de Tallyrand (Ann Gould), in 
Paris a sister, Lady Decles, in Lon- 
don another, sister, Mrs. Anthony 
J. Drexel, Jr., at Biarritz; and two 
uncles, Howard and Frank Gould, 
oh the Riviera. 

Mrs. Bishop, It seems, came Into 
an Inheritance last May of . pver 
$600,000 from the estate of her 
father, the late GeOrgfe J. Gould, and 
ha.<i since sojourned in Rome. Her 
husband's parents live in Bridge- 
port, Conn. Gloria's mother was 
Edith Kingdon, an actress, and her 
stepmother was Genevere Sinclair, 
also an actress, now 'Viscountess 
Dunsford; Her uncle, Howard 
Gould, married Katherine Clem- 
mons, an actress, and her uhclef 
Frank Gould, chose as the second 
6f his three wlvies Edith Kelly, an 
actress, now Mr?. Albert de Cour- 
vllle. Howard has long been de- 
voted to Mrs. Oscar Lewlsohn, who 
^as Edna May, the actress. 



COLORED EDITOR SAYS 
RACE LOWERS STAGE 



Berllni Jan. 22. ' 
Reinhardt, Robert and , Barnow- 
.sky, the most Important group of 
private managers In. Germany, haVe 
resigned from the Manageris' asso- 
ciation.; . As a result the Authors' 
and Play Brokers' association is not 
allowed to close contracts for plays 
with these managers. 

The Reinhardt combination. Isr 
protesting and Is suing the three 
above named affiliated associations 
The seceding group claim that 
they have been badly treated In the 
Managers' association,. - as this 
takes care only of the Interests of 
the municipal and state theatres, 
which are in. the majority.. Tbe 
court ordered the Reinhardt group 
to make . specific charges against 
the Managers' association and aLso 
to make statements of what plays 
they had already made conti-acts 
for before they had retired... . The 
court recommended that some sdrt 
of a comptomlse be reached where 
by the three directors could -still 
remain under the Jurisdiction- of 
the agreement .between the autho s 
and-play^brokersrrbut need-rtet-re.-. 
turn to the Managers' association. 

Decision has been postponed 
until the end of the month. 



AMERICANS ABROAD 



Paris, Jan. .22. 
In Paris: Wanda Lyon, en route 
from China via Russia to New 
York; Arthur M. Loew; Joseph 
Freeman; Robert F. 'Wilson and 
wife; "Wm. C. Burton, artist; Henry 
Bolitho, . author; Claire de Lorez, 
film actress, from. Berlin. 



Nazimova'B Settings 

The stage setting and costumes, 
for Nazi mova's playlet-act this sea- 
son. "India." Vw^ere done; by Natalie 
Hays. Hammond,, heiress daughter 
of the rich a,nd fashionable Mn and 
Mrs. John Hays Hammond; of 
Washington. Natalie has also ap- 
peared seml-profe.sslonally as a 
dancer. 

Her brother, John Hays Ham- 
mond, Jr., is an inventor of renown. 
In 1926 he surprised. society by an- 
nouncing that for a whole year ho 
had been secretly married to Irene 
Fenton, who had taken up portrait 
painting after divorcing Frederick 
Reynolds, a shoe dealer of Glou- 
cester, Mass. Another brother, 
Richard P. Hammond, lives in New 
York. 



Weekly's Owner Creates a 
Spreading Discussion Among 
Negro Show People 

Not in recent years', have Negro 
professionals been so stirred up as 
they have over a recent article 
written by Theophilus Lewis, edi- 
tor aiid part owner 6f "The . Tat- 
tler," colored weekly, . which he 
wrote for the, publication, "Ebony 
and Topaz." 

Lewis emphatically blames the 
Negroes for. the present state of the- 
atricals which, he claims is deplor- 
able. 

Lewis said the general tone of the 
Negro stage has never risen above 
the level of the burlesque .show. He 
pointed out its defects, shortcom- 
ings and. tendency to . draw it down 
instead of uplifting Negro stage 
work. 

He claims that the Negro stag;e 
panders generally to lascivipus- 
ness of the feebleminded and de- 
praved elements of the race. He 
also averred that the Negro actor 
hjts not only failed to make the 
stage a vital part of the Negroes' 
cultural life, but had degraded ' it 
below the notice of the better classes 
of the. race. 

From mouth to mi>utli the tenure 
of the article, scathing in lis ar- 
ralgnment, ha.1 . sped among the 
colored theatrical circles and. opinion 
is about evenly divided. Sonie are 
censuring thie writer in no. . mild 
terms while . others lechire he spoke 
the truth in plain, unvarnished 
words; 



F^S' IIDO 

Paris, Jan. 81. 
A new cabaret to be known as 
Lido-ifl"beihgJnaugurated by ^Edr 
Quard Chaux and Rosenthal ' about 
Feb. 15. 

Ernest and . Yyonne, . German 
dance team, wlU be featured with 
the Versailles band; Barbara and 
Graham are listed here for. March. 
Fi-scher will figure on the program, 
as also Pizclld, from the Casino de 
Paris, accompanied by a Neapoliten 
band, and Manuel: Pizai'ro with 
Sochiari's Septur string band to fol- 
low, 

E. S; Fernandez is to. be m. c. 
Billy Arnold and .H. Carson arc 
booking. 



AFIce Joyce in English Film 

Alice Joyce expects to act In at 
least one picture production in Lon- 
don. She was recently at Palm 
Beach with her husband, James B^ 
Regan, Jr., as guests of Mr. and 
M rs. N. B. Spingold. 

Years ago Alice ana ^"Mabel KOT^ 
mahd were models posing for New 
York^ artists. Bccomjng friends; 
they went into the movies together, 
starting aS extras. Later, when she 
had become a leading lady, Alice 
married and divorced Tom Moore, 
by whom she had a daughter. Later 
Tom was divorced by Rene Adoree. 

Alice then married the son of the 
former proprietor of the old Knick- 
erbocker hotel, and tliey, too, have 
had children. She then got her 
brother into the hotel business, and 
one o-f big ventures was the Hotel 
Joyce, on the upper West Side. The 
senior Regan, who in his day was a 
well known figure, got his start 
throu.gh the late Col. John Jacob 
A,.(,v. (.ri<;:innl owner of the Kniek- 
erbock<er. 



Winnie tighther's Break 



. London, Jan. 31, 

Cecil Cunningham opened at th'e 
Trocadero restaurant last night 
(Monday) and management claliha 
she is the biggest success the' place 
has had. She will be retained In- 
definitely. 

Saturday Miss Cunningham, sub- 
stituted for "Winnie Lightner at the 
Alhambra (vaudeville) and was also 
called upon to replace another head- 
liner at the Victoria Palace, an- 
other vaude house. 

Miss Lightner is having a tough 
break here. Dtie to throat trouble 
she had to cancel the best : part of 
last week at the Kit Cat restaurant 
and Alhambra and is out of both 
this week. 

Beth Chains , opens at the Troca- 
dero April 15 for, eight weeks. 



SAILINGS 



Freddie Rich in Berlin 

London, Jan 151. 

Freddie Rich and his band, for- 
merly at the Astpr hotel. New York, 
has been booked for Berlin. 

He opens a month engagement at 
the Winter Garden in that city Feb- 
ruary 6. 



Feb. il (New York to London), 
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Thalberg 
(Norma Shearer) (Mauretanla). . 

Feb. 11 (New York to London) 
Irene Franklin and Jerry Jarnagln 
(Berengaria). 

Feb. 11 (New York to Lohdon.> 
T. D. Kemp, Jr. (Leviathan). 

Feb. 3 (Now York to Hungary) 
VHma Banky (S. S. France). 

Feb. 3. (New York to London) 
Myrio, DeSha and Barte (Olympic). 

Feb. 3 (New York to London), Al- 
bert Lewis, Leslie Faber. (Olympic). 

Feb. 1 (London to ;_New York), 
Bert Grant (Berengaria) 7 
Jan. 27 (New York to London), 

D. Barstow, Mrs. A. Barstow. Miss 

E. Barstow, Albert Parker,' John 
Robertson (Aquitanla). 



Acts Open in London 

London, Jan. 31. 

DeMarlo, previously appearing 
with the Olympla circus, opened at 
the Coliseum (vaudeville) yesterday 
(Monday)'and did nicely. 

DeMarlo and his wife, La Mar- 
ietta,, were brought here by Ber- 
tram Mills for the circus. Mrs. 
Mario was badly hurt during a per- 
formance, whereupon her salary 
ceased as per contract. 

Other vaude openings included 
Jcwett and Page at the Holborn 
Empire yefiterday, who got away 
fairly on their first local appear- 
ance, although given the opening 
spot. 

A cabaret opening yesterday was 
that pr the Three New Yorkers, 
who made theii^ bo w' to" Englaiid at- 
the Cafe de Pads. 

The trio opened slowly, but be- 
gan to unload a few comedy nutn- 
b&rs, and from then on had nothing 
to worry about. 



viewed an old woman relative, on whom Hardy based the character of 
Tess in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," which is one of the greatest novels 
in England, although Micky Neilan put a motor car chase and a night 
club into Its film version. 

The old woman was ceiled "Theresa Hardy and she said that '^Tom" 
had been viery unkind In altering her and calling her Tess, and that 
"Tom" blight to have remained an architect, although he seemed to have^ 
done well with his novels. . . .* . 

I suppose they talked about Shakespeare like that In Stratford-on- 
Avdn, three centuries ago. Even Sophie Tucker must have Odd things 
said about her when she goea to her home town. 



. Riviera Bookings 

Paris, Jan; 22. 
Dayelma ballet troupe of 15; from 
the Scala, Berlin, i.s. booked by 
Jullen Duclos for the Casino (Am- 
bassaders re.staurant), Cannes, 

Among C. Wyn's bookings for the 
Riviera this season are I?atrlcia 
Storm, Beth Berrl, Vivian Glen, 
Mario Abreu and Polly Day, Peppy 
Abreu, late husband Of Wilda Ben- 
nett, and John Pickering. 



.-"Crime" in Provinces 

London, Jan. 31. 
"Crime" will close , at the Queen's 
MJarch 3 and go on a nine weeks' 
tour of number one .provincial 
To w nsr^~: 



Woods Buys "Quelle" 

. London, .Tan. 8l. 
Al- Woods has bought "Quelle,"- 
produced in Paris. 



Titheradge-Stuart Marriage 

London, Jan. 31. 
Dion Titheradge Will wed Madge 
Stuart Fehi 2. - ' ■ •■■ • 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



FOR El G N 



VARIETY 



STUDIOS' AVERAG 





"YES," PARIS OPERETTA. REVEAIS 
RENE DEVIILERS AS A "PINT 



Premiere to Piano Accompaniment— **Lord Babbs" 
Produced in Paris and London at Same Time— 
Gemier Stars in 90-Minute Playlet at Odeoh 



Paris, Jan. 31. 

lOour new. attractions ■within a 
week give the Paris stage tlio aspect 
of unuaiiiil late winter activity. Fea- 
tures of the newcomers are the 
operetta, "yes," at the Capucines, 
and a 90-minute playlet with Gomier 
ait the Odeoh. 

"i'e.s" sodrcd despite the fact that 
the. incidental .mufiic was fiirnislied 
\>y two piunos in-stead of an orclies- 
tra, Tht> book is by R. Pujol and 
Soulaint!, and music by jMLjiurice 
T\'ain, the book being trivial, but 
the score o£ great charm. .The plot: 
Maximo, disobeying his father's de- 
mand that ho niarry the daughter of 
a wealtliy friend, pretends to be 
wedded to ^.-manicure girl, 'Totte by 
name, the marriage havifig taJten 
place during a trip to London. 

Totte resiU.v is in love with iVIa.K- 
ime, but unwillingly consents to gor 
ing through the motions of a coun- 
terfeit d i vorce, awaiting the time 
when Maxime's father relcnt.=;, as ho 
ultimately does. 

The piece marks the Parisian de- 
but of Rene . Devillers, who is a 
revelation in the role of the demure 
manicurist.. Constant Remy is ex- 
cellent as t.hi& father. Loiivigny is 
only fair in the role, of Maxime. 
Gemier in Double Bill 

The presonce.of' Gemier gives im- 
' portance to the double bill at the 
Odcon. He appears in a playlet, 
"The Game of Love and Death," do 
Ing the character study of a physi 
clan who sacrifices himself to save 
the life of a fugitive whom his wife 
loves. The piece la.of the period of 
the French Revolution. single 
act lasts an hour and a half with 
out intermission. 

On the same bill Is Paul Vialai-d's 
two-act comedy, "Le Bocal Bleu" 
("Blue Bottles" in reference to 
. JBhemiat., _?JjOR..:..£Qntalners ) , which 
W£is indlffei-ently received. The 
story has to do with the domestic 
. situation of a country druggist, who 
believes his wife is trying to poison 
him and who suffers accordingly un- 
til hei is convinced that his sus 
picions were unfounded. 

The New Heart 

"Un Coeur tout Neuf" at the Cau-^ 
martin is a comedy by Paul Vialar, 
poorly done and coolly received. The 
aentlmental plot deals with the 
austere landlord of a seaside villa 
who believes his tenant, a pretty 
widow, is supporting , a gigolo and 
tries to evict her on moral principile 
He has all but compromised the 
woman's eliaractor wlion he learns 
that the siippo."?ed lover is really the 
widow's son. 

. Rleahvvhile the boy is ' led ^to 

imagine" Kla r^^^ 

quits her home in disgust. His 
sweetheart, however, brings . the 
tangle to a happy termination and 
the mother marries the hone.=5L but 
muddling landlord. 

A group of English players took 
possession of the Albert Jan. 27 to 
give "I^ord Babs," Kcbel Howard'a 
■ farce. It fared only fairly well. In 
the cast .are Edwa.rd Ktirling- and 
Margai bl Vaughah, Isohol Kdmonds 
and Bernard Mercfield. 
■ The plot has to do with an Ji^n.g 
llsh nobleman who flees from thii 
consequences of an automobile acci 
detit in which he was concerned 
until he suddenly finds that there 
was nothing to he terrified a1>nut 
Sisters in Triangle 
The Comediens de la Croix 
Jlivert, an independent stage eoci 
ety led by Paulette Fax, presented 
late la.'Jt week "La Parade Armour 



"CRADLE SNATCHERS" 
OVER IN LONDON 



The TiUer Dancing Schools 

of America, Inc. 

226 West 72d Street, NEW YORK 

M.\Ulf READ, Pre.siaeiit 
. Pliiine Kiidlcott 82i;-6 

N«w (i;WH<W .Sow rormtnc 



London, Jan. 31. 
"Cnidle. J^natchers,"- kiiown here 
as "Saiue for the Gander," cama 
nto the Lyric last night to a cork- 
ng reception. Its dialog has been 
polished a bit but the main hair- 
tearing scene . is included and the 
production is brilliant. 

Iris .i[=roey, in the- . Mary. . Baland 
role, won uproarious laughter and 
';he show looks like a certain win- 
ner. Some of those who saw it in 
Nev/ York.xlaiin it is being better 
played here. That's a tough one to 
swallow by those who ree.'ill Miss 
Boland arid .Kdna iMay Oliver at the 
Music Box. •. 

The Q theatre also, had a preuiiei 
last night, "Temptation of. Kve," one 
of those examples of good acting 
w^asted on a badly constructed 
script. Urifoldhig a prolog, and 
three acts, "Eve" registered as ? 
poor society drama. minus any outr 
standing scenes. 

Marie Lohr gets credit for un ex- 
cellent performance in heading the 
cast. 



Gulliver Contracts 0. K., 
Gibbons' Control Feb. 13 



London, Jan. 31. 
Remaining London' tlieatres be- 
longing to Gulliver and .the .Variety 
Controlling circuit are being ti-ans 
f erred to the new company, headed 
by Sir Walter Gibbons, which took 
over the other houses. Date for the 
final change overs Is Feb. 13. 

Val ParneIi;"'5ookrng manager for 
Gulliver and "Variety Controlling 
will remain with the new concern 
in the same capacity. Artists hold- 
ing contracts with Gulliver' have 
been, worrying about the possible 
evasion of their bookings, but Gib 
bons, queried on the subject by a 
Variety repoi'ter, stated he would 
assume ail existing liabilities. 




Stars Average $2»500 Week- 
ly •— F e at u r ed Players, 
$750 — Extras, $49 — Di- 
rectors Average $750— 
Executives' Highest Ave- 
rage, $700— Scenario. Edi- 
tors, $750 



NOEL GOWARD BARS SWAPPER, 
BUT SWAFF PICKED lUMBER LOVE' 



Variety's Star "I" Correspondent Has Hectic Week 
in Home Town— Predicts Native Musical Will 
Throttle American Show Flood 



NO UNIFORM SCALE 



A 

paid 



Los Angeles,. Jan. 81. 
survey on prevailing salaries 
studio workers discloses a 
wide gap between the top and low 
paid for the same work. . 

No * two studios pay the same 
scale of wages or salaries, except 
for mechanical labor and office 
help, yet the latter surpass as a 
whole the scale paid the same occu- 
pations in any other type of indus- 

trial employment. 

The high, low and average weekly s;il.(i-y 

.Actors 



Vic Palace's Americans 



London, Jan. SI. ' 
Manager John llayman has lined 
up Lhe folliiwing potentiiil booklMHS 
ot Aiiierlcnn acts at the. Victoria 
Paliiep during the couiing summer: 
I'Alith Clifford, Dooley and Sales 
(last played Knghuid in 10 14); Bob 
Albright (two, years ago), Togan 
and Geneva (lour years ago), 
Trahan and 'WalUieo. (last year), 
Fanny Briee^ 11.% do and EurrcU, 
Jerome, and Grey, Davis anil I>ar- 
nell,. Harry Holmes and Co., Castle- 
ton and Mack, S.vivia Clark; 

All these are besides the allr 
American bill scheduled at. this 
house'? week Of July 23. 



i() th<> studios are as follows: 



OCCUPATION. 
S^tars ............. I 

r-'eatured pl.'iy.era . . . . 
lOxtra players 



Low. 
$500. 00 

ir>.u.tio 
ri.(»o 



Feature directors 

Western directors. . . . . . 

Short subject directors 
Assistant directora. . . . . 

Gag men 



0 • • . ■ . • week 

• ».«.. ."v^eek 

• •...••* day 

Directors and Staff 

week $'J.-.ii.O(i 

week 

, . .week 
. , .week 
. . .week 



l.'a.OO 
J ".(i.OO . 
'.'..00 
TiA.on 
;!,'..(Mi 
l.x.do 
125.0,0. 
.'.0.00 

■ :.'ri.(io 

.150.00 



Script clerks ..week 

Property men .week 

Cameramen .week 

Second cameramen.... week 

Assistant cameramen. ....... week 

Akeley camei'ameri. , .week 

Executive and Operation 
General production manager. . week {.{."mi.oo 
Asst. production managrer. . . .w.ee;k 

Auditors week 

Accountants and clerks. .... .week 

Purchasing agents week 



Top. . 
$10,000.00 

:i,r,oo;oo.. 
2r. 00 ' 



;.")00.00 

7r,o:oo 

500.00' 
200.00 
200.00 
GO. 00 
48.0.0 

frOO.OO • 

100.00 
25.00 
300.00 



Royal Command Acts 

London.. Jan. 31. 

Following artists . have been 
named to appear, subject to the ap- 
proval of the Lord. Chamberlain, 
for the Royal Command perform- 
ance to be held at the Coliseum 
March -If^- - - , • - 

Grade Fields, Anton DoUn, Noni 
and Horace, Stanelli and Douglas, 
Larry Kemble, Victoria Girls, Jack 
Hylton's Band, Will Hay, Clarkson 
Rose, Lillian Burgisa and Victor 
.\ndre. 



7.'».00 
100. 00 
30.00 
Tr..Oo 

2,'..00 
20.00 

:j(V.oo 

lioO.OO 
0.00 
7. ".00 
lOO.OO 
40.no 



.1 



Stenographers .week 

Typists .week 

Secretaries • ■ • .week 

Production supervisorH. . . . . .week 

Publicity directors.; .week 

l'*ubliclty writers... week 

Casting' directors. .week 

Asst. casting d I rectorm. ...... .week 

Scenario and Editorial 

Scenario editors .week $o00.00 

Scenarios writer* week 2r).00 

Story readers » .week 2r..00 

Title writers..... ..week 2r)0.00 

Film editors. week 100.0(t 

Film cutters week f.d.OO 

l'"ilm splicers.. ...week 2:.. 00 

Film Laboratory 

Sui)oriniendent week JI.'.O.OO 

Developers week 7'.. 00 

Printers Week liO.OO 

Roustabouts . . . . ..... . v.. . yW^^^^ _ 

Negatrve cutteni^. , . I. . week 'I'i^OOT; "" ' 
Projectionists . ........ ■week 35.00 

Mechanics. 



euse**, ("The Romantic Procession"), 
by Andre Ransfin. It scored a. mod- 
erate success, particularly by 
friends of the group. 

The story has to do with a yout.i 
who carries -on a flirtation with two 
sisters at , the same time, being 
forced to retire from both affair ^r- 
before he has committed himself. 
Cast includes Solange Slckard and 
Berthe d'5fd. Marcel Ilerraml \va> 
originally in tl^e piece, and up •') 
his ri-tir'Mnf'nt the author had to 
read. the. missing part. 



. London, Jan. 31. 

Vaudeville last week, revealed itself 
as a roaring farce, starring Billy 
Mer.son,. 

. Cordially received, it nevertheleiss 
carries . . provineial entertainment 
vahies •whi'"h will likely : limit. It.« 
succe.-<s as a West lOrid ;atracti(>n. 
The sHiiw i.-i doing st)leridid busl- 



painters ^ • .hour 

Carpenters .hour 

iE'lasterers i hour 



.Staff shop workers.. 
Common laborers.,.. 
Metal w.prkers ...... 

Klcctricians ........ 

Chauffeurs ». 



......hour 

, .hour 

..... . . .hour 

. . hour 
week 



Technical dlreetoni...... 

S<'ehe painters..........; 

Draughtsmen ...< 

Costume deslgnem , 

Wardrobe helpers 



Miscel 

» » • • v^Cfek 
, . . . week 
, .. .week 
,...week 

t • • » wc^ik 



, $1.00 
1.00 
1.37 
. .1.25 
.62 
1.12 
1.00 
30.00 . 

aneous 

.87',-.00 
73.00 
50.00 ■ 
75.00 
25.00 



$3,000,00 
.250.00 
200,00 
130.00 
200.00 

4o;oo 
ao.oo 

100.00 

3,r.o(f.oo 

400.00 
150.00 
300.00 
100,00. 



$2,500.00 
3,500,00 
150.00 
1,500.00 
600.00 
250.00 
30.00 



$300.00 
1.50.00 
40.00 
25.00 
••40:00 
.45.00 



$1.00 
I.OO 
1,37 
1.25 
.62 
1.12 
1.00 

45.00 



150.00 
150.pO 
500.00 



Average. 
$2,500,00 
750.00 
. 8.30 



$750.00 

2'r.o.oo 

200.00 
100.00 
100.00 
40.00 
48.00 
.300.00 
75.00 
25.00 
175.00 



1700.00 

125.00 
125.00 
.50,00 
125.00 
30.00 
25.00 
BO.OO 
500.00 
200.00 
100.00 
150.00 
60.00 



200.00 
5.0.00 
500,00 
200.00 
100,00 
27.00 



$175.00 
■\ 00.00 
35.00 
25.00 
-35:00 
40.00 



$1.00 
1.0.0 
1.37 
1,25 
.02 
1.12 
1.00 

35.00 



$250.00 
100.00 
100.00 
200,00 
35.00 



London, Jan, 31. 

llanoen Swaffer has just' had a 
pec;uliar week. He was courteously 
barred from tlie opening of "The 
Second Man," but may see a two- 
year personal campaign in favor of 
"Lumber Love"' realized In fact. 

IJiinuen's absence from the Play- 
house for, "The Second Man" pre-" 
niiere is explained, by Noel Coward's 
friends, who state that Noel felt 
that In.'ismuch as hie had a diflflcult 
role to play, he could do better by 
It if Swaff weren't in thp house, 
saying, "I didn't mind hiiti coming 
the second night, but there's noth- 
ing, personal in this. It is merely 
that I f^lt I couldn't act If Swaflfor 
wei-e there during my first perform- 
ance." 

As a matter of record, Swaffer 
always paid Coward high tribute as 
an actor. 

Produced by Bivsll Dean in as- 
sociation with Daniel Mayer, "Sec- 
ond Man'' •was warmly welcomed 
and will probably enjoy good busl- 
ne;-.>5 until its hlghbro'vv' patronage 
is exhausted. Coward gave a brll- . 
llant performance the first night. 
More About Swaff 
Swaff cr's real exultation lies In 
"Lumber Love," the all-British mu- 
sle.'il which he has touted for two 
years, as the show took off In Bir- 
mingham last week to break the 
theatre's 38 -year-old record. The 
outlook Is So bright the manage- 
ment Of the show voluntarily raised 
the salaries of the cast and staff 
10 per cent. 

The wise bunch continue to say 
the musical ha.3 no ch.ance In the 
West End, but Swaff or Is predict-- 
Ing that its London .success will 
st:igger local managements, and 
that this effort virill put a stop to 
the American Invasion oC the local 
musical field. 

The Swaff figures British corhpo- 
silion triumphs will follow on the 
heels of "Lumber Love." 



"BURLESftUE" AGEEEMENT 
London. Jan.. 31. 
Clayton and Waller's prospective 
British presentation of "Burlesque" 

=Kaa.Ji£fcn .called.. efL;^^^^^^^^^ 

Arthur TTopklns won't accept the 
Knglish managers' terms. 



Pilcer Recpvers from Flu 

Pax\B, Jian. 31. 
Karry Plleer was out of the Mou- 
lin Kouge revue a week, the vlctijn 
of influenza. He la now. recovered 
jud ba,<;K in the show. 



Mr, Swaff or Is Variety's special 
coirespondent and also dramatic 
crKic for London's "Dally Express," 
besides being "the" real commenta- 
t<tr oji British legit theatricals. 

He's mostly Internationally noted 
for dressing the way Hey Broun 
used to. 



ARGH SELWYN'S MISSION 

London, Jan. 31. 

Arch Selwyn has arrived here 
with authority to arrange for the 
London productions of "Coquette," 
"The K()yal Family," "Burlesque" 
and. "Paris Bound." 

"Coquette" will bd produced by 
Slt="Airi?^" Blit¥, r ^ — 



Cohen Putting on "Wreckers" 

Lfindop, Jan. 31. 
Harry Cohen and. partners, wlio 
iM-oduced. "1'he Wrecker ' here, will 
also do the piece in New Vork, 

■•:.-.^l^i-f._;(.d-w'ay^..pre;j(.'rital.i«Ti^is^(liJ.<;.Ja!^:. 
fore f;pring. 

Loraine'a Am. Tour in Rep. 

ly<jndon, .Ian. ','A. 
lt<il)';rt Loraine is hegotiatiiii? l.iii 
atr Arnerif-an tou"- with .a rep'Ttory 
.(.••Hiiiiuny, . to . include "Cyi-am., 
Strindber{,''s "The Father'.' and 
'Dauce e< Death." 



INDEX 



Foreign .. 

I'ictures . ... 

Pleture Reviews. . . . . . 

. Film Ifouso Reviews'... 

Vaudeviile 

(• A e ts ,..».•*...«.» 
..Burle.'r^fiue 

Bills; ,' 

Times Square... . ....... 

EdiLori.'Ll 

Lilr'ra tl 

VS'oniOii's Page. 

r..egitiriia.t(' .'. • • . • 

■ T.fgil licvlcws , .-. 

.M u s i e 

p!lt.(lll'')|-S . . .j_..< • • 
S|)li!'l !' > • • i 

< ilijtn.rry • 

("ill 1 !• .[ifiiKl'-nce .• 

. l.e;i(-i Li'-.l , .., , ... . ... . . 

(n.'-iiii- ■ ^'.''iielt'Vill". . , . . i 

fr.*.:!!!"-; T''i.el Mfi - 

\( H - of Dai'i".". ...... 



,30- 
.28- 



2-3 
4-27. 
22 
-37 ■ 
-35': 
.. 88 
.. 30 
..40-41 
. .11-46 
. . 47 
.. 26 
.. 42 
..45-53' 
52 

. , 5 1-57 

. . r)**' 

•V.~~3"9 

, . r.s 

5!'^ 

.. '62 
. . 31 
. ■.- 47 
.. 43 



VARIETY 



KADJA SDHONSON. TROD 
RETURNED TO INSANE 



Kept Russians of Hollywood and Auto Dealers Dizzy 
With Promises— Broke Parole— Now Back Indef 
-^Long Hairs Hadn't Anything Else to Do 




Ixis Angeles, Jan. 31. , 
K-idja fc^imonson, Russian, 21, had 
the, Russia-, mob and a few iautomo- 
bile dealers dizzy tulling them about 
aii the money she was going to put 
Into picture -bducti and the ex-, 
ponsive cars she would buy, until 
the authorities pt^kt-d her ujp for ob- 
6Grvatioii. . at the instigation- of a 
brother in New York. They found 
she. had broken a parole from the 
State Insane asylum at. Paton, from 
which she was released thre*. 
months ago. 

Kadja, as she called herself pro- 
fessionally, came to California a lit- 
Ue oyer two years ago iand called 
herself the female Balieff. She 
ppsrd fis a Ukrainian refugee. Fan- 
. chon and Marco gave. her a job at 
Lyman's Club Alabam 

Kadja faded out after the first 
night and then decided to make a 
career for herself In pictures. They 
let her join the L.ob In De Mille's 
"King of Kings," and the girl 
thought she was another Pola Negri.. 
But no one had any work for hex'. 
Then she thought life was not so 
sweet and tried to leave this world 
by tlie poison and razor route. 
• - After .recovering In the hpspltal 
she wds sent to Paton. There she 
remained until last fall, when she 
again visited Hollywood. About 
three weeks ago Kadja started go- 
ing arou:id with the long hairs. She 
■ promised all work in productions, 
going to studios and inquiring about 
rentals^ etc. 

Having nothing -else to do, the 



ACTORy)% NET 

lios Angeles, Jan. 31. 
A film actor wh<J played the 
lead in an independent "art" 
film some months ago agreed 
to wait for part of his salary 
until the picture was sold for 
distribution. Release deal was 
set, but the actor was refused 
his money as it was claimed 
other obligations had to be 

first met. 

The actor placed the claims 
with his attorney, but it the 
money Is ever collected the 
a,ctor will get about 30 per cent 
of it; He has . to pay the at- 
torney 25 per cent for collec- 
tion; 10 per cent goes to the 
agent that got him the job, 
another 10 per cent Is payable 
to the agent to whom he is 
under contract, and he also 
has to shell out for his press 
agent. 



PASCAL GUILTY OF 
ASSAULT ON GlRl 



Jimmy Murray of Capitol, New York, 
Marie"--AM ^*The Growd^'-.^ 
wood on Spec and Busted in Right 



in 
to 



"Rose- 
HoUyw 



ROSCOE AILS 

Mj-. Edward I^^y, owner of Fay's 
chain of theatres, »ays: "Roscoe 
Ails' new act is the best buy m 
vaudeville. His new scene wherein 
he does a travesty oii the Siamese 
Twins la a positive new thought 
and the biggest scream In present 
day variety." 

Repeating the Fox houses again. 

Direction SINGER & WARD 

P. A. Gels Ford Display 
For House Aoto Show Wk; 



WEATHER FORECAST 

Waahlngton, Jan. 31. 
Information obtained at the 
U. S. Weather Bureau glvea the 
following outlook for the com- 
ing week: 

For the country east of the 
Mississippi, rain or snOw Wed- 
nesday (Feb. 1) will be followed 
by generally fair weather 
Thursday, Friday and possibly 
Saturday. 

Rain, or snow again first part 
of next week (Feb. 6). 

Temperatures slightly below 
normal Thursday (Feb. 2), fol- 
lowed by a rise latter part of 
week. 



Ass't Mgr. of East Side The- 
atre First Charged With Rape 
—Sentence Indefinite 



Paul rascal, 24, assistant mana- 
ger, Hollywood (films) theatre on 
2d avenue, New York, was sentenced 
Jan. 23 to serve an. indefinite period 
xi*i,vii.e jiuLii.i.e '■•^ — . — lori iJlackwell's Island when Judge 

long hairs fell for the spiel. At th6 Uj.u|queen in General Sessions ac- 
lots thoy were told, that there was L^pte(j a plea of guilty of assault 
no producer named Karja there, pp^fgi-r^jd by Millie Locastro, 16, at 
Then they would get hold of the Ki^g instigation of the Children's 
girl and she would reply that the lot spciety, 

did riot have the facilities, but that pascal was fu-st charged with rape 



elie would be at another lot. 



la the second degree. The District 



lie WI.IU1U wo «*» c».»v...»«^» i'L^w. I in: ine atuujm uvgic^. — 

As all producers have class autos L^t^Qj-noy's ofTlce accepted a plea of 
for a front Kadja thought she would guilty of .Tssaut in the third degree 
do likewise. Dealers . need some a,nd the other charge was dropped, 
cash for their carfl, but she had Attorney Louis Nizer (Phillips 
them drive her around and teach her Nlzcr) told the judge that Pas- 
te di'ivc the car, stopping off at in- ^^^j ^g^g ^ victim, of circumstances 
tervals in different studios to show ^^^^ ^^at the girl was not of chaste 
she had a car. When three days, had character; that It was Pascal's first 
passed ,vith a certain dealer the girl offgnge; that he had been sufliciently 
would sny that the car was not what .jjyjpj.gs^pci with the majesty of the 
it' was represented and would get Lj^.^^ g^j^^ that there was no danger 
another dealer to fall ' - 



Her st,ay at Paton this time, it Is 
said, will be Indefinite. 



Katz and Dembow 

Leaving This Month 

S.am Katz and Sam Di'inbow, re 
speotlvely president and vice-presi- 
dent of Publix, will both leave New 
York shortly. 

Katz, recently con fined to his 
horn e,' leaves Tor "Palhi . Betich "thiS^ 
Friday (Fob. 3) to be gone about 
two weeks. 

•Demliow goes to the coast the end 
of February to attend the opening 
of the new Publix houses in Seattle 
and Portland. He will bo gone 
about ihrec weeks. . 



he would offend again 

Judge Mulciueen said he was im- 
pressed -with the plea for mercy as 
Pascal's previous record was good. 
The judge cautioned theatre own- 
ers to see to it that their managers 
did not take advantage of their po- 
sitions in theatres. 

Under the change of the charge, 
Pascal's offence was deemed a mis- 
demeanor and his sentence will be 
of short duration. 



Minneapolis, Jan. 31. 
Eddie Gallinagh, State theatre 
press agent who will handle pub- 
licity for the new F. & R.-Publix 
4,200-scat Minnesota theatre, is 
credited with , putting oyer the besit 
tie-up in local theatrical annals for 
this house. 

Learning that the Ford company 
could not agree with offlLeials o.f .the 
Twin City National Automobile 
Show regarding space- and would 
not be represented by any display 
at the exposition, which last year 
drew 130,000. people in the midway 
district and will be held, this year 
in the new local Municipal Audi- 
torium for the first time, iQallinagh 
arranged to have the new Ford car 
on display at the State during auto 
show week. 

A stage presentation is being 
build entirely around the car. Eddie 
Dundstedtcr, State organist, has 
devised an organ novelty called 
"Let's Go A- Fording." After he hai' 
played several appropriate numbers 
including "Henry Made a Lady Out 
of Lizzy," and . the audience has 
sung the words flashed on the 
screen, the curtain will rise to re 
veal the new Ford In the center of 
the stage bedecked by the State 
ballet girls In one-piece bathing 
suits. 

The State show will be boosted 
at the local Ford plant, employing 
5,000 people, and at all the numer- 
ous Ford Twin City agencies which 
will hold open house for the thou- 
sands of visitors always attracted 
here from all northwest points for 
the auto shows. 



U SENDS TROUPE TO 
NEW ZEALAND FOR FILM 



Carl Laemmle Sold on Alex 
Markey's Suggestion— By 
Products of Trip for U 



Al Boyd's Resignation 

PlnladelphiiH, Jan. 31. 
It is reported that the resign.ation 
of Al IJuyd,. the Stanley Company's 
picture piirehascr, is. still before the 
company, vy-ith . no action as ypt 
taken. 

Froni the opinion here, if Boyd 
leaves Stanley lie will go with Para 
mount. 



Hoot Gibson's PubUcity 

Los Anpele,'?. Jnn. :il. 

man as well as an actor, ;i.s he 
. mako.s .hi.s i>ubli<-ily ki(;k liatik with 
a profit. 

lie lias had tor the pa.sl year or 
more 11 Hawaiian band wliich broad- 
c.-i.-^ts tivci- llH' radio we.ekfy featiir- 
ini; lii^ jvMnic. . 

Hdfii- j.-^ ilMW. neKOllatinl^ .for a 
hookey .Ic.Tn to. play In a loeal 
il(»c';t-y l,i;i"-ni>, and idontlfu'd as 
the Hunt CJibson louin.. 



Brown Chills "Heat" 

Los Angeles, Jan: SI.' 
Willis Goldbeck Is working on a 
new script for Greta Garbo's next 
pleture. : 

Clarence B.rown, who will direct, 
decided that "Heat" was not a. good 
story or title, and shelved it in fa.var 
of a yarn with a Java; background. 
Production starts about ]\Iarch 1. 



Buffalo Bill, Jr.'s Fall 

Never Cost a Crank 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Buffalo Pill, Jr., pathe- wcsturp 
star. Is 'aid up for repairs following 
an unprogrammed fall over a cliff 
while making a pieture. 

Patho has thP. largest r«stur of 

■jumped Wally Wales into the l)reei.'h 
wivl'out losing a crank. 



Warners' Company for 
British Quota Films 

London, Jan. 31. 
Warner Brothers are arranging to 
itnmediatelyr ship to-England, an en -- 
tire "producing unit to, comply, in 
every way, with the British quota 

bill. . ■ • ' - . 

The troupe will Include, star, di- 
rector, cameraman, scenario and 
continuity writers. 

"Newsreel Nick" as Film 

Dave Butler,. Fox director, has 
eome east to shoot part of the scenes 
for a production tempor.trily en- 
titled "Newsrcel, Nick,", wit.h Sally 
Pliipps and James Stewart. The 
Fox newsreel staff were, called into 
conference for a story and gag ma- 
terl-il and will also appear in sev- 
eral scenes in the picture. 

Truman Tally, editor Of Fox 
•>Jews, Dan Doherty and Bu.ssell 
Muth were. among thoscs. who hell^ed 
frame the .'^tory and will probably 
-ai ) pear=-l n =the =pi atuce.^^^. ^.- 



l^niversal will send Alexander 
Markey, director and two camera 
inen to New Zealand to film' a story 
of. the wild country in the Interior 
The troupe leaves for Ankland, N 
Z.. Feb. 8., . 

Markey was formerly editor of 
Pearson's Magazine. In recent 
years he has been engaged as world 
traveler, writer and lecturer. He 
presented his Idea for ia picture to 
be made In New Zealand to Carl 
Laemmle, head of Universal, who 
was impressed with the nominal ex- 
penditure.. 

Lew Gollins will go along as 
director. Wilfred Cline a:nd Harold 
Smith will handle the camera equip- 
ment. Cline will act as first cam- 
eraman. 

It is expected the crew will be 
away four months, with- six weeks 
nece.'!sary to obtain the material 
necessary for the screen story. 

The cast will be composed entire- 
ly of natives, with present plans 
calling for 20 of the latter to return 
to this country and appear In a pro 
log to run with the lilni in key cities. 

It is also Intended to obtain the 
most olit of the trip by having the 
cameramen shoot stuff at several 
stops along the way, for three or 
more one-reel travelogues. Collins 
will also obtain as nuich material as 
possible which can be used as stork 
shots ifor his film library. 



Prom tending door at the .Cap- 
-itol. New York, to co-featured bill- , 
Ihg In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor pic- 
tures is the leap" of James Murray« 
New York boy. 

It Is a story that outrivals any ot 
the fictitious stories woven by Ho- 
ratio Alger, Jr. . 

Not only does Jlnimle Murray ap- 
pear with Joan Crawford in "Rose- 
Mar-ie" (M-G-M); shortly to make 
Its Initial Broadway appearance, but 
he also has an impoi-tant role ini . 
"The Crowd." 

"Rose Marie" is expected to follow 
"Love" at the Embassy, New York, 
and then later play the Capitol, 
where the ushers and other attaches 
who knew Murray when he was 
doorman there will have a thrill that 
the James Murray on the screen is 
the same Jimmy Murray they knew. 

Jim Murray decided there was no 
chance for him In New York, al- 
though his Broadway experience had 
seen him an assistant manager at 
the Plcadilly, now Warner's theatrie, 
and later manager, and also as un- 
derstudy in "-The World We I'lve , 
In," and he did a "bit' in that 
show when produced in 1022. 

Miu-ray made his way to. Holly- 
wood with no job In sight, l-'or about 
three years he bummed around L. 
A. and the film lots, doing extra 
work, but getting more disgusted 
than anything elso. ^ 
King Vidov came out of tlie M- 
G-M studio and saw Murray. The 
director thought he had discovered 
the very type for "The Crowd." King ' 
asked the young, man to report.next : ' 
day at the studio. Murray had a 
test and was given his fir.st real 
film job.- 

With Murray set for a lilnv career > 
It nieans something else. He is a - 
son of Christopher Murray. Hvine 
at 412 East 202d street. New York. 
Murray has four brothers and two 
sisters, .limmy Murray was born 
Feb. 9, 1901, in New York, and at- 
tended school at Evander Childs in 
the Bronx. 

He's a tall chap, broad, of th© 
Irish type, considered, good looking, 
and with an expansive grin that is 
Infectious: has short, wavy. bro\vn 
hair, In fact, according, to K.ing Vi- 
dor, Who discovered him. as having 
all the qualification for a film prin- 
cipal. . . ^, 

His dad is a deputy suiiernitend- 
cnt of the Metropolitan Life Insur- 
ance Co. in the Bronx. Nfw Vork. 



Censor Bars Taust' From 
German Kids After 2 Years 



House Mgr. Carries Town 

Nevada. Ia., Jan. 81. 

' "when the 1^^^ 

was submitted here at a special 
election, expenses -of which were 
borne by W. P: Grossman, ma.nager 
of the town.'.s only movie house, the 
vote was in favor of repeal of the 
ordinance. 



Menjou's Wedding Set 

' Ln.s Angeles, .Ian. 31. 

Ado) lib 'I Menjou and 'Katberine 
Carver, ■who has iibiyed oiijio.'iite 
him in sevfM-.'il pl<-ture.s. are to be 
married May H. 

May 19 they will .sail Iit Pari«. 



SeVmour for Coast FBO 

Lbs Angeles, Jrui; 31.. 

James Seymo.ur has been brought 
fi-cm tho New York offires to sue- 
eeed lOarl Wingart as publicity di- 
rector for FP.G here. 

P.efore with FBO Seymour was 
publicity director for Harvard ITni- 
vei'.'jity. 



^'Beverly Hiir as Flop 
For Barbara Leonard 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Barbara Leonard did not keep her 
screen name of Beverly Hill very 
long and will appear in pictures 
under the name of Leon.ard. 

She had a term contract with 
Tiffany-Stabl and given the Hill 
cognomen for the screen. Later the 
company ollicials decided her regu- 
lar nanie was better for publicity 
purposes and made the switch back 



Berlin, II. -2. 
German children have been for- 
bidden to attend performanees of 
Mumau's "Faust" film. Although 
Cor two years tliey have been per- 
mitted to see the picture, the censor 
has now revoked his decision, in- 
tendhig that certain scenes are 
iiirdly to-^'disturb - the— youngsters- -. 

morals. . ... *v,-4. 

Although Ufa made the point that 
children may read Goethe.^ poem, 
the censor thought that this did not 
affect the matter. 

Charlie Chaplin's "Shoulder Arms 
has been forbidden for perfor.niances 
In Switzerland, too. No grounds 
are given but It is thought tliat the 
tendency of the film is considered • 
anti-Germ. . and provocative of 
antagonistic feeling.. 

GLORIA lEE FEATURED 

Los Angeles, Jan, 31. 
' Gloria Lee has her first . foa,ture 
role in pictures, opposite Buzz Bar- 
ton. _ ^ 

Mi.ss Lee returns to F. B- <->■ to 
play a feature role with Bessie Love 
in "Sally of the Scandals." Lynn 
Shores directing. 



DeMille as M.P.P. A. Pres: 

Los Angeles, ,Ian, 31 
Aeoordin,!? to an authoritative 
.source, Cecil B. ' De Millie . may . be 
the next president of the Motion 
-Picture Producers' Association, re- 
placing .lessp La.'fky. 

It is said his election would be a 
diplomatic move to bind him to the 
II;iys (irganization. 



STARRING MISS VIDOR 

Los Angeles, .Ian.. 3.1. 
Paramount will again .star.Klor- 
enoo Vidor. Her next stm-y. unti- 
tled, is . to be directed by. Harry 
D'Arrast. When completing it .she 
is to be cap* ()pP''''-'itP Adolplie '^t■en- 
jou in the final fllhi the latter Will 
■niake under his present Pa i- con- 
tract. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PICTURES 



V VARIETY 



FOX GEIS 145 F & R 







McGuirk Becomes Chairman of Stanley's Boj^fd— 
Dissensioh Over Internial Policy and Many Fac- 
tions----M|istbaum Interests for Rossheim 



of 

the 



Irviiis D.' Kossheim, fofintii-ly 
trv,n--uror of the Stanley' Covl^^)i^.^.y 
.©f America,' was elected presiiUn'.- 
Friday at tKc" .monthly, meeting' of 
the Board of Directors in Philadel- 
phia, with the resignation of John' 
McC.uirlv, Dvesident, who becomes 
chaii'man of the. Board of Direc'tors, 
hitherto inactive position, now., be- 
comin.u' active wrth. salary attached. 

■ Rosshoirn, It is uhd^rs'tooil, rop- 
resents .Morris Wolf, attorney for 
the Mastbaum interests, a.s well as 
the . banking group,. E. B.. Binlth- & 
Co.. the Stanley's financie.i's; ' . 

Tt is i-cported the presidency .of 
StanUv - .was previously . offered 
Judsre ITorace Stearn of Philadel 
phia. who . gave up a- pi'f-.ctice 
$200,000 annually to ,go on 
bench. The latter preferred to re- 
main on the bench. 

The change in office hardly at- 
fecis . the internal management of 
Stanley affairs, with the exception 
that IMcGuirk is now off the- firing 
line where he has been a target 
for attacks of three groups in Stan- 
ley, who disagreed with the expan- 
sion i>olicy. They are the Mast- 
baum stockholders, Ai Boyd, gen- 
eral picture , booker, and E. B. 
.Bmith.. 

Boyd, and some of the othors, 
have been protesting against the 
reinvestment of, profits for exten- 
eive construction, preferring to 
draw most of the surplus. --Boyd 
claims he made more money as an 
independent , operator with a few 
theatres than in the hookup with 
.Stanley. 

Don't Like Losses 

As has been the experience in 
dther chains durang the past year 
internal dissension has been caused 
on account of the purchase and 
construction of theatres which re- 
sulted in losses. How the change 
in presidency can affect the operat- 
ing policy, especially with the Mc- 
Guirk-Sablosky power still present, 
is not evident In addition, a policy 
of retrencliment has already been 
adopted.' 

To offset possible market reaction 
a financial statement was i.ssued 
with the announcement of Ro.ss- 
hoim's appointment, showing $3,- 
23r,,3aG net for 1927. The tentative 
•statement gives the amount paid 
for dividends in 1927 at $3,181,039. 
leavins? a tentative surplus of 
$54,247. 

Rossheim's Record 

Ro.ssheim's election is technically 
for the unexpired term of McGuirk, 
which onds in July. Rossheim was 
born in Xcw.York. He has resided 

- in^inviladelphia- since .1901r gradu- 
ating, frorn the Wharton School In 
1909 and from the law school in 
1911. He wafi a member of the 
faculty of the 'Wharton: School from 
.1'908' to. 1918 in the departments of 
economics, ftcCoiintin& arid corpo- 

■. ration finance. He became indenti- 
fied with 'Stanley as comptroller, 
acting fts ■ treasurer for the past 
four yoars. James Brennan, assi.st- 
ant t'rca.s-vrer, takes' Ros.sheim's 
place. 

Recently the Stanley stock has 
lias been s.ubjoctf'd to heavy; selling 
pros^sure, under which the price 
dropped .to 47^.. in. .1927 It sold 
abovo 90 before the' declaration . of 
a stock dividend, and the reports of 
the iirui>o.siMl corisolidatipn with 
Keitii-.Mbce. After the i.ssuiince of 
a nev\' srock under a stock-purchase 
privl.lot!;i:' pliin. sales wi-nt. as high as 
72. t'"i-i(,lay. the closing quotation 
Was ai-ouiid u3i rallying from .471,4 
a^-lirt Ip-^wh llr- agov"^— 

IMcCuirk foliowed the late J;u.les 
Mastb.ium as Stanley's president. 

It is' .said that Al D.oyd, the 
Sianl.'v's Chn buyoi*. latcl.v. Avont to 
thi- ri'.-ii witl. the Stanley-.s ofllcers, 
on. J ',• iii.it.i.'r of buying product 
fr ■.>:!. r.i- ii;V.i;i!;. It se-Mnfvl that' 

1 1 ''.ii; i".i|fd on pacr>> 10) " ■ 



MINN. BARRED 
HICKMAN FILM 







FREE LANCES TOO UBERE 



Swift Pufcha8fe of West 
Coast Theatres Circuit 
Followed by Quick Action 
for Finklestein &: Ruben 
Chain in and Around Min- 
nesota— -No Positive Re- 
port Whether Publix- 
Loew Will Withdraw 
Coast Houses From W. C. 
Operation 



Mayor Instructis Police to 
Prevent Film Shovkring 



FRANKLIN'S BIG PROFIT 



Studio Practices by Some P A/» Frowneid Upon as 
Injurious to Ihdustry---Taking It tip WitK the 
M, P. P. A. — Gifts to Reviewers Topic 



LOSES ALL HAIR 
FOR ARTS SAKE 



Lina Basquette's Role 
Calls for Head Biaire 



. Minneapo.lis, Jan. 31. • 
Mayor George E. Leach has pro- 
hlbitcd the showing in Minneapolis 
of a photoplay called "Hickman, 
the Fox," and having for its central 
figiire the fiendish Los Angeles 
niurderer, now on trial. 

Advertisements for the picture 
state that It "covers' the complete 
story of the most famous crime in 
modern times and to present the 
principal, incidents in its perpetra-. 
tor's career." 

The picture is being distributed 
by .'the Melba Film Co., of Dallas, 
Texas. Its producer is unknown 
here. An obscure actor plays the 
Hickman role. 

jVn exhibitor to whom the film 
was offered notified the mayor who 
ordered the police chief to instruct 
all department members to advise 
photoplay exhibitors on their beats 
that "this .film will not be tolerated 
in Minneapolis." He further directs 
that it an attempt is made to show 
the picture it be stopped imme- 
diiaitely . and the offending theatre 
closed. 



FBO-PATHE GEHING 
CLOSER TOGETHER 



AH signs point to a closer under- 
stahding being steadily reached be 
tween Pathe and F. B. O., whereby, 
if the proper time should, arrive 
within a rcEisoinabie period, a junc 
ture could be made between the two 
picture producers. 

Reports from Hollywood have 
said the staffs of the organizations 
out there have commenced to look 
upon the merger as set. Reports, 
however, in New York remain as 
were printed in Variety two or three 
weeks ago. 

While the prospect of a Pa.the 
PBO union, are favorable, a story 
has it that several angles are yet 
to be worked out. Particularly on 
the Pathe end. 

One is mentioned as concerning 
present financing for the Pathe 

banking house (Blair and Com 
pany) is reported taking in hand 



Mulhall-Mackaill Dissolve 



Loa Ahgeles, Jan. 31. 

With the completion of "Lady Be 
Good," First National will dissolve 
the team of Jack Mulhall and Doro 
thy Mackaill. 

Mulhall will then be. featured 
alone in "The Butter and Egg Man' 
under direction of Richard Wallace 
with other pictures to follow; 

It lis uiTjlerstood F. N. will not 
renew the Contract of Miss Mackaill 
at its expiration. 



Offsprings in Same Film 

Los Angeles, Jan. . 31. 

OfTsprings of a number of motioti 
picture people are appearing in i)e 
-Mlll5'a'~'-"Godl0ss" -Girl;'^"^ =''Amnng 
them are Marcclla Edward.?, daugh- 
ter of Neely Edward.^; the two 
Carter De Haven kids, Jr. and M-Tr 
jorie, and Edward Pell, Jr. 

Other juveniles include Mar>' 
Jane Irving, ' Buddy M('S.'»"ngor 
Peaches Jackson, "Pat and Mickey 
Moore and May Glraci. 



William Fox is on the verge of 
closing for; the purchase or control 
of the 145 picture theatres operated 
n and around Minnesota by Fin- 
klestein & Ruben. 

These houses are additronally to 
those purchased last week by Fox 
and numbering 295 houses included 
among the West Coast. Theatres 
chain (245) and Saxe circuit (50). 

Together with Fox's own houseSr 
including his vaudeville .theatres 
capable of playing a presentation 
policy, Fox. is in control . arid will 
operate 475 thieatres. It places Fox 
as a theatre chain in the foremost 
rank of American house operators. 

The addition of the P. & R. cir- 
cuit is in line with the first con- 
templated plan of Harbid.B. Frank- 
(Continued oh page 25) 



: Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Liiiji riasquette, now appearing. In 
De ' Mine's "Godless " Girl," was 
forced to have her hair shaved olt 
to confolih with the custom of the 
picture's Girl's'; Reformatory, where 
she is incarcerated. 

: Several years ago. Anna Q. NIU- 
son was forced to undergo the same 
operation for her part in "iPonjola;" 

■To date these are the only two 
girls known to be shorn of all their 
hair for a: picture part. 



"Abie" as Road Show 

J. S, Zamecnik will write the mu- 
sical score for the screen version of 
"Abie's Irish Rose," to be released 
as a road show by Paramount. 



Los -Vngolea, Jan. 31. 
For the first time In two years 
Will H. Hays held a meeting with 
press agents, employed by members 
of the M. P. P. a!, at the Roosevelt 
Hotel; toiluy. , 

At tJiis meeting .II;iys. told the 
men he had no fault to find witlx. 
the ma;iorlty, but that many free 
lances, meinbers of tlie Wampas, , 
were functiohini? in a most unetli-. 
ical manner and that he expected 
these boys to stop; that practice, as 
it was injurious to the industry; 

Certain practices in studios where 
press agents .were spending imrea- 
sonable amounts oX money for gifts 
were discussed. One press agent 
vyorklng for an iiidopcndent pro- . 
ducer is alleged to have spent 
:il, 100, while one studio was charged • 
with spending close to $2,000 for 
getting alleged good will of news- 
papers and fan magazines. 

It was pointed out that fan rep- 
resentatives called at certain stu- 
dios and expressed themselves 
plainly as not liking the presents 
given,. aa,ying, also, that others had 
Rfiyen far better things and that 
free Lnince press r gents did better 
by them than anyone else. 

This matter was taken under ad- 
visement by Hays and will be pre- 
sented at the producer's meeting 
next week. 



England's Theatre Situation 

1^ Toward Battle 

London, Jan. 31. 

Confirming Variety's Inference that the theatre situation here is 
leading to a battle between the Szarvasy arid Ostrer banking in- 
terests for control of the picture house field, the Osterers, whp 
promoted the G«.umont British . merger, are auietly buyiner theatres 
all over the country. 

Recent purchases Include the West Kensington super lor ?230,- 
000 and the firm is also being offered the, Princess (pictures); and 
Hippodrome at Blackpool for around $1,250,000, These two houses 
have a net profit over the last three years of $240,000. 



Newsreel Views of M. C. 
In New York on Vacation 



Milwaukee, Jan. 31. 
A new exploitation stunt has been 
pulled by Midwesco at the Wiscon- 
sin. 

With Dave Schooler, M. C, on a 
two-week vacation, the house last 
week supplemented its newsreel 
with shots of .Schooler in New 
York. They, showed Scho oler crpss- 
Ing 7th avenue to the Roxy and 
Interviewing Roxy, Shots, also 
sljo^ed the m. c. In the Ghetto, 
"among his friends"; at the vari- 
ous booking ofiices. dancing schools 
and cabarets.. 

The filrri gave Schooler a big- play 
on his return to. towh Sunday. Nat 
Nazzarro, ,Tr., wielded the baton In 
his absence. . 



3-f eature Bill 



. The first actual Broadway ftlrn 
house prosoritm'ent of three features 
in one day for the same admlf'h 
came to Il.scht during the recent 
week end. The Uptown, 170th and 
Broadway, New York, for Jan. 28- 
30 played tip the trio. 



Wanger*s Vacation 

:-..T-hf'rfr ^(('•-'m.s to-l>e--no^poHitlvcne«s 
about Walter WagnCr's contemplated 
vacation abroad. 

Paramount's studio general man- 
ager is in New York. He wais to 
have ."tailed this corning Saturday, 
with his wife, Justine Johnston. 

Up to yesterday the sailing ap 
pear.od inrk-finite. 



Specialized Organists 
In Big Broadway Houses 

Broadway seems to be following 
Chicago's lead in the matter of spe 
cialized organ stuff ; for the. big 
houses. 

Henri Murtaugh is to be featured 
at the Capitol, Now York, and 
Loew's State has brought Marsh 
McCurdy from the Lexington (New 
YorJtXJ to._empho sizc. the .organ. 

With Jesse Crawford, remaining 
a big .shot at the Paramount, 



Auditions for Acts 

Held in Chicago 

Chio;iRo, Jan. .3i; 

Offici.uls of the' William Morris 
agency .h..'Lve oorni)leted arrange 
ments. with P.'t,ul AsH whereby au^ 
(litions may be held at the Bal- 
aban and Katz Oriental theatre. 

Tiilent under consiiJei-atioh by the 
.Morris oflh'e and Paul Ash will be 
given . tryout.4 at these auditions 
.vchf.'duled f.ich TiK'srJay after tiie 
.show. 

At the first uuOition oG appeared 
.'inrt seven were selcct'-d. 



Griffith Set for 2 

On lii.s return fi-nm. .N'"w Ynr) 
Frifl.'iy, I>. W. Oriflitb n-;i<ly ii>i ]ifi> 
duotum •"Ualil" of uiduu 
Fob. 28. -• . 

When (iiii.-^fi iiig tlii- jlii-i in i> ' L 
will stiJM iiKikiii^' 'M.iil.'iiii" T.iit 
tr-rlly," ,'i ))ictiif'- li'' liu.s Warili-rl 
m.ak.c :or l'.J i '-Hrs. 



Phila. Rift in Operation of 
Fryhoffer Houses by Stan 



iFour or five neighborhood hous^ 
in Philadelphia operated by the- 
Stanley Company on a lease from 
the Fryhoffer (baking) interests 
may not be released to Stanley at 
the expiration of the lease contract. 

It is understood Fryhoffer haa 
been, questioning the, Stanley policy 
of making theatrogoiers patronize 
the downtown houses, owned and 
controlled by Stanley, while operat- 
ing the neighborhoods on a less at- 
tractive policy. 

Fryhoffer Is. of the belief, from 
report, , that the present system it 
re.su 1 ting in the depreciation of the 
realty value bf his theatres, though 
these are now being operated prof- 
itably. He is considering the future 
value of the houfies rather than cur- 
rent grosses, the accoimt says. 

Fryhoffer, reputed worth over 
$10,000,000, derived from over 26 
baking plants, has been causing 
Stanley plenty of grief with his 
arguments. Stanley has tried to 
.squeeze the neighborhoods on ac- 
count of Fryhpffer's attempt to 
dictate - pijeratlon, Stanley— finally 
.saying it Would build a theatre In 
opposition to the Fryhoffer house in 
Frankfort,, the baking man's pet 
Phllly's- neighborhood. 

Statements attributed to Fryhof- 
fer are to the effect that If Stanley 
builds opposition in. Frankfort, he 
will build five theatres in opposition 
to^ choice Stanley liouscs, in. retal- . 
iation. 



Bill Mizner's ^65 Laiigh 

lyOfl Arigc'les, Jan. 31. 

.Wil.son Miziier spent $65 for - a 

laugli and got it tlic opening night 

of C'hai'lie Chaplin's "Circus", at 

Graurnan's Chiiio.se. Mizner .that 

aftc-i-noon sonutfcl ,'iround and 

bduglit an old riiinshiickle Ford for 

ilK' $Cr,. JIc half wrecked the car 

and g<il liohl of a picmro gal, Cecil© 

I'lyans;. to to the opening with 

him. ! . . 

---.r|yh.-; <u<M-i»;;iil-.-.on. their. j(! vcnin g.. 

cloltii'.-: ;isMii'y drove up lo Ihe 
ir.iii'- 'rii'- irirl K^t out of the car 
,u).l Mi/M.'<' ;.it'M- lier.. The starf-r 
v.-.u.-^'.l In :..iv(.- Hill a tii-kct fur the 
l-.ill wiih ii sinil'j ai-ru.-is hi!? 
. [,:in iiirii' .l Ill" yoiiiiK--^ti.'i" and 
'.' ■ .■; . 1': 'iii- . 'Ix' ■ I'l'W^y i3 

I ..,,.||' nil , :...-'i'-<\ itilD 'Uu! theatre. 



VARIETY 



PI C T U R E S 



Wednesday, February 1, 1988 



™vriNNEWU.A.,LA., 





Chaplin's ^'Circus" Starts at $5.50 Top With $1,50 
Regular and 80-Minute Prolog — "Lovelorn," 
Hearst-Plugged, at Met, 3d at $22,800 



Los Angolos, Jriii;' 3i; 
(Drawing. Pop., 1(450,000) . 
; Bu.sjncss jij!?t IjeloW normal all 
around' last w.cek. Weather at times 
niiki, oth^r. Jays crisp and sort Of 
kept folks out, of th^. theatres,, on 
the auto- roucls at night. 

■'.'The Dove ' at tho United Arti.st, 
^as the leader on the week in the 
initial .stanna of its engagement. 
Norma Talmadge is a corking good 
bet locally arid trade built up daily. 

One newcomer in "The Circus,-' 
opening at Graumari's Chinese to a 
15,50 top Friday night. With pic- 
tui-e only running around 70 min- 
utes, Sid Grauman put on a stage 
show which is atmospheric and has 
good lineup of circus entertaih.ei:s. 
This run3 .some 80 minutes and is 
an asset for an all around program 
at advanced prices. 

Biltmore seems to have a worth- 
while film in "Wings" at $2 top; 
Consistent in draw on second week 
by doing practically as much as- the 
iii'st one. Eighth week, at Carthay 
Circle for "Sunrise" showed better 
than $200 increase over the week, be- 
fore, with' picture scheduled to haul 
freight Feb. 5. 

Of the downtown weekly change 
houses Loew's State for second suc- 
cessive week was ahead of . the 
Metropolitan. On the stage Eddie 
Peabody was in second week, while 
on the screen they had "Lovelorn," 
Co.smppolitan and Hearst newspaper, 
plug picture which, of course, 
counted for a healthier, gross than 
An average ■ program would have 
drawn here. Peabody back after a. 
. long absence proved much ■ on the 
draw, too, and can be credited with 
conti'ibuting . gi'eatly. 

No Push-over 

Metropolitan, thought to have a' 
"pu.sh-over" in Beery-Hiattoh com- 
bination, "Wife Savers," did not so 
click. Rather a low gross for this 
couple, who have always drawn very 
big in this house. 

For 'third arid final week at Mil- 
lion ^Dollar "Love" got about 34 per 
cent, as much money as it drew on 
opening week, with its total on the 
three . weeks $47,686 nothing to 
sneeze at when obtained from a 
house listed as a "has been." 
■ "The. Jazz Singer," in sixth week 
at Criterion, held up, only dropping 
around $1,500 below the week before. 

Egyptian got .good brieak with 
"Baby Mine," which came out from 
Loew's State and beat the week be- 
fore by aj-ound $600, 

"A Hero for a Night," Universal, 
at the Boulevard, where Gene Morr 
gan continues as major dome on 
stage, did not turn out such a wow. 
Bu.siness about -$1,500 below the 
week . before, indicating Morgan 
alone was the draw, and that the 
picture was just part of evening 
. program. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Grauman's Chinese (U. A.)— "The 
Circus" (.U. A.) (1.958; 50-$l,50). 
Opening to cai)acity with short free 
list at $6.60 top. Got great start in 
flr.st five days to $17,600, with $8,655 
of that at the premiere at $5.50 top. 

Biltmore (Erlanger) — "Wings" 
: (]?ar.) 11,661; 50-$2.20). Trade for 
second week on par with Initial 
stanza, about. $17,750. 

Carthay Circle (Miller- W. C.)— . 
"Sunrise": ;■■ Wox) .' (1,500 ;...50.±$l'.5O),. 
For final .week of second month 
jumped ahead week before to $9,400. 

Criterion (W. C.)— "Jazz Singer" 
(War.) (1,600; r)0-$i:50). - This Jol- 
son proOuct Uiaturrtl hit hero. Small 
drop on .sixth week; .$l;J,000. 

Loew's : State <W. C.-Loew)--- 
"Lovelor.u" (M-CJrM) (O.L'OO; 25-99).. 
Peabody on. stage with thi.s Hearst 
paiJer-horaldcd film drew $25,500. 

Metropolitan (Pub.-W. C.)— "Wife 
Savers" (Par) t3,595; 24-7r.). Not 
as good as any of l^eevy-llattons 
generally do here. $22,800. 

Million Dollar (Pub.-W. C.)— 
"L0\^'.' (AI-Ci-M) (2.200; 25-99). For 
third wp.ek did fairly thouKh droi)i)Od 
$5,000 below ."jc'cond, exiting Avith 
$9,000. •■ . • . 

United ' Artists (-U. A.-W.. C.)— 
"The Dove" (U. A.) (2,100; 25-$l). 
Norma Talmadge doe.s not seem to 
ha-ve lost in popularity locally. Ini- 
tial week $29,400. No stage show. . 

Boulevard (W. C.) — "Hero, for 
_Njgh^' (U) (2,164; 23-50). Gene 
jSr^i%ai l~^on^^l7Tf??rTTi ghtl y^lun-^ 
guy on sox'C'iMi,- Former credited for 
most of $6,750. 

Egyptian (U. A.-W. C.)— "-l3a)jy 
.Mine" (M-G-jM) (1,800;' 25-75). Ar- 
thur-Dune combination good bet 
here with $9i000. 

Broadway Palace (Orpheuilv)— 
"Fortune Hunter" (Warj (J.540; 15- 
40)i Wrong hou.so. for this one,, as 
$3,000 draw .shows. 



SCREEN SHOWS GROSS 
EFFECT ATfOX'S. WASH. 

New Policy at Earle Starts to 
Droop—Met. Is Town's 
Wonder 



Washington, Jan. 31. 
.. (Estimated White Pop., 450,000): 

Another demonstration: that with 
a half rway worth-while, picture the 
Fox gross jumps was again given 
last week at this newest of Wash- 
ington houses with "The Wizardi" 
Consistently presented- stage at- 
tractions, have failed to stem the 
tide when a "weak sister'' is on the 
screen. Business went up about 
$4,000 . last week over the preceding; 
seven-day stanza. 

"Patent Leather Kid" held, up 
well at the Met,, considered all the 
more remarkable after , the terrific 
skid the house had gone through 
prior to this picture and "The Jazz 
Slngei^' previously. "Jazz Singer", 
is being brought back again, begin- 
ning next Sunday, something in it- 
self. 

fiarle isn't getting by so well. 
Latet weeks' picture failed to please 
and the stage show helped but lit- 
tle. Business dropped considerably. 

As with all specially exploited 
and '-extra" pictures, "The Student 
Prince" got much at the Columbia 
and is holding over. . 

Storm Saturday raised hayoc 
with night shows on the beginning 
of the current week, but the mat- 
inees were benefited, as most of 
the government departments turned 
loose their employes. 

Estimates for Last Week. 

Col u m b i a (Loew) — "Student 
Prince" (M:-G-M) (1,232; 35-50). 
As with all specials after $2 runs 
in Manhattan brought here at usual 
scale and packed them in. Abotit 
$12,500. 

Earle •' (Stanley - Crandall) — "No 
Place to Go" (F, N.) and Hyiiian 
presentation (2,300; 35-50). Nobody 
got excited. Possibly $8,500. 
. . Pox (Fox") "The Wizard!' (Fox) 
and stage attractions (3,432; 30-50- 
60-75). Added interest because of 
higher rating picture; $21,500. 

Met (Stanley - Crandall) ^'Patent 
Leather Kid" (P. N.) (1,585; 35-50). 
On second week of run scheduled to 
go four Sveeks; About $i0,500 on 
second week:. 

Palace (Loew) "Love and 
Loam" (M-G-JI) (2,363; 35-50). 
Picture characterized as pleasing, 
coupled with stage tablvof :: Merry 
GO Round." Liberally estimated at 
$16,000. 

Rialto (U) "City Gone Wild" 
(Par) and. stage presentation (1,978- 
35-50); No improvement. Some- 
thing like $6,000. Current . week 
marks switch in stage policy offer- 
ing mu.'^ioal comedies in tabloid, tlo- 
tng "Little .Te.ssle .Tames" first. 
This Week 

Columbia, ".Student Prince," 2nd 
week; Fox. "Silk Logs"; Earle, 
"Valley of Giants"; Metropolitan, 
"Patent Lonthor Kid," 3rd week; 
■Palaeo, "Man, Woman and Sin"; 
Rialto, "Finders Keepers." 



MARY'S HOME TOWN 
IS COLD TO HER 

"My Best Girl" Got $8,500 in 
Toronto, $15,000 Expected 
—Bad Storms 



TopeHa^ $3,200 for O. 
1 Nite, $4.40; Startling 

Topekn, .Tan. 31. - 
; (Drawing Pop., 85,000) 

The- I))?. '.smash of the week wn.s 
"The .King's Henchman," Topoka's 
first rfi\\ opera perforrnance. Tues- 
day nj.,'ht at tli(^ Gi'.Mnd it ' cot 
$3,200, one. pfrfoiiuiju-ioe, despilt^ the 
hipliPRt pn(.-ps -ever. <:liargcd here, 
$4.40 top. ■■ ■^ ' . 

The really bigger .surprise of the 
oo(>;i.slon was that every iii'st nm 
pioiuro housn and. the vaudo house 
did, f\'ipi\cily • Jiii.sines.s the -same 
ni.i;ht. Th'^ritrn Guild r''p. due here 
Tuosd.'iy, and nvo dny.s in advanec 
.most of tho liou.se hns l>ern sold. . 

IFenvy week, with Cliira How in 
"(Jet Your- M.-u)"' taking. tlie bifrn'cst 
share of tin? gravy. 

Estimates for. Last Week 

Jayhawk (1,500; 40) (J;tyha\vk>, 
Colleen Moore in ''Her Wild 0:it." 
Hit r.-nhi'r h.nrd. lirst half: .pood 
WedTic.'^d.'iy Ijusines.s, soniethin.ir un- 
n,'<u.'n, "Acl.-iiii and ICvjl" l.asfthref 

ilDii:- •:<£!!']- uiL= ^"^'l^' We'ck'.s ttiki' 
$-1.0fiO. — — 

Orpheum (1,200: 4<0 ^Nfitionnl). 

f'lar.a 1?()W.',s "C.vt .Ytiui' Man" likt d. 

Clara v^imps bolter than she flap.s; 

.?2.200.. 

Cozy i-liH);.. 125) (Lawrf'n<;e). 
"I'a juni.i.s ' lir.st three' days did well, 
but \\ejiki f.-f in proT)orllon for same 
■Ihroi-' (].'i.\.s'. . "jArizona Wildcat" 
didn't Tuill wll f-ycopt from rliil- 
dron, W'-' K'.-j louil . about $1,100. 



Toronto, Jan. 31.. . 
(Drawing Pop., 700,000) 

In a week when everything in 
sight was dropping below average 
except the . Tlvoli with "Ben-llur" 
(M. G.), the suiiwise was Torqnto's 
abandonment of her most illustrious 
daughter. 

When! the . rubberneck wagons 
cruise up University avenue the 
ballyhoo men never miss a chance 
to exercise lungs on the birthplace 
and early home of- Mai'y Pickfoi'd, 
but when IVIary's "My Best Girl" 
(U. A.) ,wa.s spotted at the Regent 
last week it opened to a handful 
and built steadily, but slowly to 
something over' $8,000.. This had 
previously been thought . a good 
week at this smair house, but when 
"The Gaucho" and "Sorrell and 
Son" ..averaged better than $10,000 
on a month's run better things were 
expected of the Pickford flicker: 

There was a line-up most of the 
day and night to see "Hm-," and 
this indirectly . helped nearby 
houses. Snowstorihs that blew like 
blizzards at times Xvere too much 
for the patience of some iii the line, 
and they sought shelter at other 
houses. The $11,000 or better done 
here represents about all that can 
be crowded in this house at present 
prices. 

Probably as a reward for. his ex- 
cellent publicity Jobs oh ""i^res," 
"The Sommo" and. other Brlti.sh 
pictures released in Canada through 
Regal Films, Tom Daley, manager 
of the Regent, has been named pub- 
licity director for all Canada for' 
Regal. With importations of Brit- 
ish releases • growing steadily, this 
becomes an increasingly necessary 
and important job. Two are imme- 
diately on tap, simply waiting a fa- 
vorable spot. They are "Mft^lemoi- 
selle From Ai-e;entiers" and "The 
Battle of the Falkland Islands." 
They will likely be spotted at the 
Tivoli first. 

United Artists is holding "My Best 
Girl" for another week, with "Sadie 
'Thompson" on deck. 

The censors Wouldn't let ''Rain" 
ring up the curtain here, but the 
Film version has passed with prac- 
tically no major cuts, "It's a differ- 
ent lot of censors, "The DovQ" will 
follow "Sadie." 

Managerial shifts bi-ing Jules 
Bernstein back to Loew's, with J, 
McManus . tempoi'arily recalled to 
New York with a berth in the south 
as his next step, McManus Was the 
youngest manager in town to tackle 
a house of this Size and did a good 
job of 10 weeks. 

Better things than $8,400 were ex- 
pected from "Helen of Troy" at the 
Uptown, but it was slipped in as a 
routine picture with no explanatoiT 
advertising, and the hoi polol didn't 
know what it was all atJout. If ever 
there was a chance of salesmanship 
on a picture that was entirely over- 
looked this was it. 

"Wings" (Par), on its third week 
at $2 top, showed better, than $10,- 
000 and departed for Ottawa with 
the record of being the first picture 
at this price ever to set a three- 
week run in any Canadian city. This 
leaves the Princess, Erlanger legit 
house, dark. Legit attractions will 
come in later, but meantime more 
$2 pictures will be tried. . 

Estimates for Last Week 

Tivoli (F. Pi) (1,400; 30-60)— 
"Ben Hur" (M-G). Thi.s one didn't 
lead town, as there weren't enough 
seats. Just under Loew's at $11,400. 
IJxcellent. Held over. 

Loew'.s (2,300; 30-60) — "West 
^(unt." Name against it and shop- 
pier.^" J{5t5t.'lTonTe"-by--storni7-—Thi.s^ 
house thrives on department store 
patronage. Not quite $12,000. Fair. 
Bernstein back as rhanager;. 

Hip (F. P,) . ("Silk Leg.s" (2,300; 
30-00)— Just under $10,000. Would 
have been worse except for abso^-b- 
ing some of Tivoli turnaway. Pic- 
ture didnlt mean much/ but well 
handled. 

Uptown (F, P.) (3,000; 30-60)— 
IToloji of Tro'y." IMctui-.e. drew cork- 
ing notices, but when tho audtior 
checked /up,- monr-y ju,-it wasn't 
there. About $!>,500. Not so good 
because r'otitine adverti.sinff. wa.'^n'l 
enougli for this one. . 

Regent (U. A.) (1,400; 50-$1.50)— 
"My Be.st Girl" (U.. A.). Nobody 
can believe it, but Toronto pas.sed 
up her own celeb at $8,400. Ex- 
pected to do $15,000 whether was 
.i-'ood, bad or indifferent. Think 
some rea.son. up for yourself. 

Princess dOrlatiger) "Wings" 
(Par) ($2). . Better than $10,000, 
practically all at night. Afternoon 

vliiis -had . --A-rt (vr^.^^^^^ 

moves, to Ottawa to catch crowds in 
town for session of House of Parr 
lianKnt, just opened. Establish*'d 
film record of three weeks at $2 
here. Never done before. 

Pantages (F. P.) (3,400; 30-60)— 
"J'^rench Drcs.sing." *rhis giant F, 
P. houHf» has Flipped recently. Went 
under $9,000; a:bout as bad as can 
be fc.Ypcue<I. 



Boston, Jan, 31. 
A few thpu.sand. youngsters were 
introduced to the Metropolitan last 
iveok with tjie lirst showing at pop 
prices of "Old Ironsides." Exploita- 
tion amont? school principals and 
history teachers in Greater Boston 
made a kindergarten of the house. 
While thC: picture, did not come upi 
to the heights of previous screen- 
ngs of the season, it hit $42,000, 
•Havana,", the stage . presentation, 
proved hit of the season. 

'"The Loves of Carmen" at the 
State ran up to $21,500. Downtown 
l..oew house, Orpheum, showed Lon 
Chancy. in "London After Midnight," 
and ran behind the Back Bay Loew's 
State at, $20,000. 

New bills at the Metropolitan are 
advanced a night beginning Feb. 3, 
when Emil Jannings in "The Last 
Command" inaugurates the policy. 
Saturday has" heretofore been the 
opening night at the Met with an 
odd bill Sunday. Shows in the fu^ 
ture will open Friday and close the 
following Thursday and the. Sunday 
show includes operh-tic and radio 
stars. 

"The Love Mart" ran high on the 
riiagic word "Love" at the Olympia 
and Fenway. "Come to My House" 
maintained the' average at the New 
Boston; "Open Range" had a stronjg 
week at the Scollay Square Olym- 
pia where anything that sounds 
western is still sure fii-e. "Woman 
Wi.sc". (Tiffany), at the Modern arid 
Beacon played to the customarv 
houses. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Met (Publix) (4,000; 50-60). "Old 
Ironsides" (Par), "Havana" on 
stage. Second week of mild slump. 
$42,600. 

State (3,500; 35-50). Strong week 
with. "The Loves of Carmen" (Fox). 
Back Bay theatre on winning streak. 
$21,500. . - ■ - 

Orpheum (3,500; 35-,50). Lon 
Chancy in "London After Midnight" 
(M-G-M). Packed them in early in 
the.wecir Plumped a bit later; a 
gross of $20,000. ' 



"HAVANA" BOSTON'S BEST 



Said to Be Best Pubh'x Unit Yet 
Seen There 



'QUALITY ST; LIGHT 
IN SEAnLE, $15,400 

"Jazz Singer" Big at $11,000 
in 4th Wk.— "Dove" No Panic 
at $11,000— Stock Fine 



Seattle, Jan. 31. 
(Drawing Pop, 450,000) 

Slump still continued due large- 
ly to holdovers and to compaia- 
tlyely weak features. 
• Closing of. Liberty, former Jen^ 
seh-Von Herbert ace house, did not 
.seem to stimulate the other houses. 

All plugging for following shows 
except the Blue Mouse, going at 
dandy clip into the fifth and final 
week of "The Jazz Singer." Co- 
lumbia will hold "Beau Sabreur". 
for second week although this fails 
to measure up as worthy Com- 
panion of "Beau Geste." Biz held 
good at that. 

Px-esident (stage stock) came 
close to its record when giving 
.shows (four mats) and clicked 
close to $10,000 with "Dulce." 
"l^ain" . attraction and Leona Pow- 
ers great as lead; al.so Howard 
Miller, Olga Printzlau is here for 
premiere of her new play, "The 
Show Down." 

Estimates for Last Week 

Fifth Ave. (W, CO (2,700; 25-60). 
—"Quality Street" (M-G-M). Looks 
like bust, with nobody ravin^j. 
"Back .Stage Idea" of F and M 
also lacked polish naturally, al- 
though: .ending .with fair finale. 

siow-at Tis.'ioo. ":' " ^-^--.v....... 

United Artists (W. C.-U. A.) 

(2,100; 25-60),— "The Dove" (U. A.). 
Nothing . ))ig here. Sofer and' or- 
chestra nice feature. $11,000. 

Golumbia (U) (1,000; 25-50) 
"Beau Sabreur" (Par,). . Not in it 
with^"l>(•llu Ge..sto," which stayed 
three: Wfnik.s at $12,000 for opening 
week. "Sabreur" is due to remain 
two week.s, fair. Ushers garbed a 
la brauv $S,700. 

Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (950; SO- 
TS). -.Tix/.y. Singer" and Vita (W. 
B.). Proving best repeat picture 
ever here, fourth week holding 
strong. Catching repeaters. $11,000. 

Pantages (1,500; 25-66).— "Silk 
Ix'g.s:' (Fox). Rather nice with 
Madge. Bellamy, while Franei.s X. 
Ru.»<hman big draw on stage in 
playlet. . De Wight -Johnson band 
al.^o (I'an.). $11,000. 

Orpheum (2,700; . 25-75).— "Let 
'Er r;o Galla;;her" . (Pnthe). TTold- 
ing to .ivr^rnge. $14,700. 

President (Duffy) (1,050; 25-$l). 
— "Rjun" (Duffy stock). Like 
'^'niIih"-'a-int:;=?^'tdTanrc'=sale--biggest 
ever at this'house. Held strong all 
woek, mat.s and evenings, practical 
rapacity. $9,300, bi,g. 



Pollard Doing "Show Boat" 

De-spite reports to the contrary, 
Harry Pollard is still assigned to 
direct "Show Boat'^ for Universal 
and is preparing the fstory. 



UFA'S 'WALTZ,' FRISCO, 
BIG AT $29,000 

Expectations Upset Thougii 
Warfield's Leader Credited 
-^Granada Poor, $22,000 



San FirancisCp, Jan. 3L 
(Drawing Pop., 750,000) ■ . 

There was one bright spot along; 
Market street last . week-^Loew'3,. 
Warfleld, -w'here gro.ss intake nearly 
equalled that of tlao Granada and 
California combined. It was a big 
week in every sense,; brought about 
by nobody knows what. .Screen fea- . 
ture was the UFA production; "The 
Last Walt.z," with a cast practically, 
unknown to film followers. Many 
of the Warfield. regulars , had wit- 
nessed "The Waltz Dream," another 
UFA pt"oduction, in which several 
of the current players partlcipatect 
but from the box-olTl'ce standpoint 
almost anyone would have been 
jiisti.fled in layinigr odds that it 
wouldn't hold a candle to the Beery* 
Hatton cbmbination at the Granada.. 
The unexpected happened and War- 
field literally swept the street. 

The three other West Coast 
houses— control acquired last week 
by Fox — didn't do so handsomely. 
Granada was a distinct disappoint- 
ment. While the screen, feature did 
not rank, any too well, there was a 
corking Fanchon and Marco stage 
.show, one of the best all-around; 
bills sent here in months. There 
is a new orchestra leader at the 
Granada, who got over like a house 
afire. Owen Sweeten has only beeit 
here a week, but he looks set. 

Mary Pickford's latest, "My Best 
Girl," wound up a dismal two weeks 
at the California. "Sadie Thomp- 
son" .slipped on second week at the 
St. Francis, though ' the revenue 
kept the house in the profit class, 
Thi.s one has. still a third Week to 
go, but present indications are the 
final week's intake will be perilously 
close .to the danger mark. Looks 
very much as though two weeks 
hereabouts are enough for any of : 
the big pictures. 

"thirst Auto's'* Flop 

Mournful week at the Embassy 
for Barney Oldfieid's film debut, 
"The. First Auto," didn't -mean' a 
thing. Old field was only briefly fea- 
tured, but the title was a sure-fire 
"stop" when it came to patronage. 
Out Wednesday night to make rooni 
for Tin-Tin-Tlh on screen and in 
stage appearance. 

Ruth Bid er was two days late In 
opening at Pantages, but will be 
held through Saturday and Sunday 
to make the full weeki ^ Aviatrlx 
had a satisfactory week, but busi- 
no3.s was nothing to brag about.- 
Screen feature just ordinary. 

Estimates for Last Week . 

Warfield— "The Last Waltz" ( Par) 
(2,672; .35-50-66-90). No question 
but Rube Wolf is responsible for 
much of heavy draw. Close to $29,- 
000. Considered immense. 

Granada — "Wife Savers" (Par) 
(2,785; 35-50-65-90). . Looks like 
pay crowd is getting fed up on. 
Beery-Hatton combo. Last week's 
$22,000 didn't spell much joy. • 

California— "My Best Girl" (UA) 
(2,200; 35-65-90). Only fair busi- 
ness for Alary Pickford. Final week, 
about $11,500. 

St. Francis — "Sadie Thompson" 
(UA) (1,375; 35-65--90). Gloria 
Swanson given credit for draw, 
though curiosity to see treatment of 
"Rain" helped. Second week at 
$10.000,. profitable. 

Embassy — "The, First Auto" (War- 
ner.s) and Vitaphone (1,367; 35-50- 
05-85). Another instance where in- 
dications are you've got to have 
something on screen to draw 'em. 
Title di(ln't mean a thing at box. 
Gpojl exploitali(jn helped what rev- 
enue tiic^rc^. ■\\^as;'" Littl"e^^b«ttGr-"tlr^^ 
$7,000, <)isapp6inting. 



"Gill From Chicago" Is 
Strong in Tacoma, $5,000 

Tacoma, ,T.an. .31. - 
(Drawing Pop., 125,000) 

La.st week found Interest cen- 
tered at Broad\v:iy, where Dave 
Good opened to good results as 
m. c. IIbn.se lias been without- one 
for two week.s and.it didn't help 
the.. Fanehon-Mareo . shows any. 
In . fact '.'Baek Sta.ge" especially 
lacked something. . Good made 
good and see'ms linished master on 
stage. 

(Estimates for Last Week) 
Broadway (\V. C.) (1,600; 25-50). 

—"Love" (M-G-M). Gilbert and 

Garho nice pair to draw to. Biz 

U)>. $6,800. 

Pantages (1,450; 25-.50t.— "Silk 

Legs" (FijX). Ju.st so so. $6,600. 

50),— "<;irl froin Chicago'" " and 
Vita (W. B.). Started off like 
house afire. $5,000, very big. 

Rialtb (W. C.) (1,250; 25-40).— 
"Beau Sabreur" (Par.). Nof up 
to expectations. $2,400. 

Colonial (W. C.).— "Les Miser- 
ables" (U) and "Underworld" 
(Par.), second run and split- weelc; 
improved a- little $.1,100. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PICT U R E S 



VARIETY 



JANNINGS HAS RIALWS RECORD; 
$51,000 WITH m COMMAND'' 



Griffith's "Drums*' Acting Funny at $2— "Simba" 
of Animals Evidencing Strong Support---Rpxy 
Hit $106,000— "Student Prince" Holds Over 



No real excitement . along the 
Street last week, Joe's back from 
riorida and there won't be much for 
him to look at. One highlight was 
the Rialto going to a hew record 
■vv'ith "The Last Command," which 
ticked off $51,000 at the Rialto. This 
is about $1,400 better than "In the 
Navy Now" did there but, like other 
Jannings pictures, .."Command", ac- 
complished the figure without much 
fuss. Everybody knew, the 42d street 
corner was pretty busy and just took 
It for granted. 

Roxy and the Paramount each 
leaped ahead, $14,000 and $7,300 re- 
spectively. "Sharpshooters" turned 
In $106,000 to the Cathedral, while 
"Beau Sabreur" and. a good unit 
pushed the big Publix house to $73,- 
600. Greta Garbo's holdover week 
at the Capitol , slipped back $12,500 
to $65, 200,. while $50,200 was claimed 
.for Chaplin's third week at the 
Strapd. This, picture is finishing its: 
originally scheduled four weeks this 
Saturday and will not stay over that 
period. It is also currently playing 
the Brooklyn Strand. 
. "Texas Steer" did. fairly by . the. 
midget Cameo In turning in $4,000, 
while "Thanks for the Buggy Ride" 
didn't do .much for the. Colony, where 
around $9,000 was . tabbed. 

"Gentlemen Prefer. Blondes" . dis- 
tinctly disappointed at the Rivoii at 
but $23,200 for the. second week. 
The picture's three weeks' stay will 
be cut short this Friday at six p. m, 
to make way for a special reserved 
seat "society"- showing of "Sadie 
Thompson" (U. A.) that night. Local 
debs will act as the house staff for 
the performance and all that sort 
of thing. "Sadie" starts to grind 
the following noon. 

"Simba's" Backing 

On actual figures "Simba,"' the 
Martin Johnson animal picture, far 
outran "Drums of Ix»ve" by getting 
$16,400, compared to around $7,500 
for the Griffith film. The hunt film 
has. the backing of natural history 
societies and plus the advance rota- 
gravuro section stuff In the Sunday 
dailies has been bouncing a,long 
nicely, . 

The Griffith film is a complex. 
Tabbed a beautiful picture by every- 
one, business never really got start- 
ed until Sunday niglit, .It opened 
Tuesday (Jan, 24). Figures to do 
better than this opening week, but 
by just how much Is thfe question. 
. United Artists understood to have 
another six weeks to go on its lease 
of the Liberty, "Gaucho" having^ al- 
.ready finished nine, weeks and 
"Drums" one. 

Tieup with school children and 
party nights helped "Unole Tom" 
climb $1,200 to $8,5U0. "Jazz Singer" 
goes along evenly at $18,900, and 
"The Enemy" is trying to stave off 
the inevitable rigors of a $2 show- 
ing. "Chicago," at $6,100, is another 
picture feeling the "strain of trying 
to make the $2 grade over too long 
a stretch. Film never meant to be 
two bucks worth except for exploi- 
tation and four weeks. Just hold- 
ing- on now until Fox takes over the 
ho\ise Feb. 12 with "Four Sons," 
opening Feb, 13, 

"Wirigs" increased slightly in reg- 
istering $15,400, and "Love" dipped 
away from capacity at the Embassy 
in its ni^th vveek.tq. $9',8QQ.^. _ J 
■ HeWy Snowstorm SatuM^^ 
slippery Sunday, didn't help the 
Broadway houses over the weekend. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Astop— "The Enemy" (M-G) (1.- 
200; $l-$2) ceth week)", Causing 
worry, and understood boys have 
held meetings as to what can be 
done to help overcome $2 handicap; 
maybe $9,000. 

Cameo— "Texas Steer" (F. N.) 
(5-19; 50-J5). Will Rogers film did 
fairly for this little house; $4,000. 
"Helen of Troy" current. 

Capitol— "Divine Woman" (M-G) 
(4.620; 3o-50-75-$1.10). Second week 
for Garbo coasted down $12,500 to 
165,200 ; : house currently playing 
"Student Prince" for first showing 
around here at pop prices and holds 
for second week. 

Carroll— "Simba" (997; $l-$2) (2d 
week). Animal . picture startod off 
briskly, with natural history socie- 
ties, students, etc., much interested; 
getting overflow frem program tliea- 
tres on week-end nights, but late 
=drop-ins=oiTly "proTTuring^seatJ! M=rom 
adjoining loliby specs; consistently 
good all week and nt $10,400 .strictly 
ofiy. 

Central^"Uncle . Tom's Cabin" 
(U) f!)22; .$l-$2) (13th week). Play 
for pclionl children and church nii'ht 
parties be.crinning to count; last 
Week showed inci'e;i?'.v of $i;:2i'li f'^r 
old mclo eliissie at $8,500; . 

Colony — "Thanks for lUiggy Ride" 
U> n.nsn; 2")-.-)0-7r)). Still to get 
pleturi; wliich will sponsor substan- 



'PAJAMAS' AT $12,000 
MONTREAn LEADER 

Too Gold Weather Busted Up 
Good Week— Vaude 50^50 
With Film at Capitol 



"Montreal, Jan.- 31. 
(Drawing PoPm W0,0()6) ' 

Sub-i;ero weather latter half of 
week and a blizzard Wednesday 
dropped gold as well as merQiiry; 
Up to AVednesday all houses were 
set for good i'eturns. Both legiti- 
mate ' theatres well attended and' 
three hockey games playing to ca- 
pacity. • ' ^ ;'. , .■ 

Vaude short turns at the Capitol 
are about 50-50 as ah attraction with 
the pictures' Clvange in opening 
date at this house from Sunday to 
Saturday has emphasized the dif- 
ference between it and the. Palace; 
where the picture, is the main show.. 

"Beau Sahreur" started out well 
with the ballyhoo bri. the "Beau 
Geste" sequel angle. The Palace 
looked nice getting a big gross, but 
weather beat it down to $11,000, 

Loew's and the Imperial continue 
to stress vaudo' end of tlieir shows. 

Estimates for. Last Week 

Capitol (2,700;; 60-85),. "Get Your 
Man" (Par.). .Rates, with . vaude; 

«n,ooo. ■ 

Palace. (2,700; 5.5-86); "Beau Sa- 
breur" (iPar.). Started out. with a 
bung, but fell off owing to weather; 

';;.ii.5oo-. ■ 

Loew's (3,200; 45^75), "Pajahias" 
(Fox). Canadian 
this; $12,000. ■ 

Imperial (1,900; 
Parade" (Pathe). 
vaude .show; $4,500. 

Strand (800; 30-40), "Honor First" 
(Fox); "A Harp in Hock" (P.I?.C.); 
"Silver Slave" (Warners), and 
'Arizona Wildca.t" (Fox). All to - 
cjether, $3,500. 



PHILLY'S BUZZARD 
BROKE UP WEEK END 



But Stanley Did $36»000 on 
Whiteman's Return — Fox, 
$26,000 With Stage Show 



sotting helped 



30-85). 
Helps 



"Dress 
fill' out 



tial gro.ss. jumps for house;- this one 
not it with $9,000. 

Criten'on- "Wingis" (Par) (973; 
$l-$2) .(25th week). Not yet seri- 
ously disturbed; as long as they 
keep Lindbergh flying won't be do- 
ing this one an. harm; $15,400 
steady and slight Increase over i)re- 
vious week. • 

. Embassy— "Love" (M-G) (596; $1- 
$1.65) (10th week). Heavy screen 
romance dipped away from capacity 
after nine weeks; all right, though, 
at $S,800i '. • 

Gaiety — "Chicago" (Pathe) (808; 
$l-$2) (6th week). Picture in near- 
final week, with one more to go be- 
fore Fox takes house; "Four Sons" 
(Fox) due here Feb. .13; satirical 
film on Mayor Thompson's town not 
supposed to stay over four weeks at 
$2 and feeling strain of forced, go- 
iug; $6,100; will eventually ' roa.ch 
Strand, on the next block. 

Liberty— "Drums of Love" (U. A.) 
(1,234; $l-$2> (2d week). . D. W. 
Griffith film mystery; I'^ited corking 
picture with tragic ending problem 
as to drawing power; first capacity 
house Sunday night following Tues- 
days-opening-; — should-' subsequently, 
better $7,500. 

Paramount — "Beau Sabreur" 
(Par) (3 400; 35-50-.75-90). "Beau 
Geste" sequel drew on that, relation-, 
ship and outstanding stage .ijnlt; 
doing $73,600, increased gross $7,300 
over preccdinp: week. • 

Rialto— "Last Command" (Par) 
(1,960; 35-50-75-90) (2d Week). . S^nt 
house to: new record with $5i,000; 
about $1,400 above previous high, 
held b7 "Navy"; second week end, 
despite Saturday snowstrom, as big 
as opening for $17iOO0; house run - 
nmg film ei.ght times a day. 

Rivoli-^"Gontlemen Prefer Blondes" 
(Par) (2,200; 35-50-75-90). (3d week). 
Below expiectiations sinc^ opening; 
second week's $23,000,' $7,800 drop; 
exits Friday, at six o'clock to allow 
for special showing that night of 
incoming "Sadie Thompson" (U. A;); 
latter film starts following day, 

Roxy — "Sharpshooters" (Fox) (6,- 
205; 50-$1.65). Helped house little.; 
jump of $14,000 sent week's total to 
$106,000; currently playing U picture 
with aiiothfr from same firm to fol 
-low next~weekT^^^TjOve -Me=and-^Vopld 
Is Mine." 

. Strand— "The Clrcu.s" (U. A.) (2,- 
900; 35-n.0-6.'<-7f)) (.4th week), ('hijp- 
lin will not stay beyond scheduled 
pl.'tn Of foiir. wock.s; $50,1^00. for third 
week, drop oi' $19,900 from second 
week and $.11...000 under first Wi-ck's 
annriuncod (itrurt;. - . 

Warners — "Jazz Singer" and Vita 
(W. B.) .fl.300; $'l-$2) ('17th week). 
With "Wlnjrs" as steadiest of $2 
entries; last week, $18,900. 



. Philadelphia, Jiui. 31. 

Paul Whiteman again wowed . the 
town last, week when he brought his 
Orchestra back to the Stanley after 
their two highly successful weeks 
last fall. ■ • 

"With weather decidedly against 
them and the accompanying picture 
one of only moderate .dra.>ViiVg. 
power, the Whitemah bunch pulled 
the Stanley's gross last week up to 
$36,000, and perhaps a little: over, 
It might, have hit the $40,000 mark 
without the heavy rain and the Sat- 
urday afternoon aind evening, bliz- 
zard'. • 

Up to Thurisday. business was O.K: 
all around, but after that most of 
the houses had tough scratching to. 
offset the- weather handicaps. 

"Wihg.s'? held - on prettily tip at 
the. Aldine and kept over or around 
^17,300.. It's the special's ninth week 
in I*h":y. :Xt. looked, up to Thurs- 
day, as If "Sunrise" at the- Fox- 
Locust would be. able to get $15,000 
gross,, but wheii the storms, came 
alcing tluit chance was passed and 
the final figure was just over $12,000. 
"Tlie Fox. with "Gateway of the 
Moph" as .the feature and "Synco- 
pation Revels" as the presentation 
headliner, got fairly good notices 
and shQwed v^y.ery sign of building 
Steadily throughout the week. Re- 
.sult was a gross of $26,000. Good. 

Karlton changes its policy to in- 
clude first-run specials, with a 
higher top. and the first picture Is 
"Ldve," with John Gilbert and Greta 
Garbo. 

The Fox-Locust and. Aldine. are,: 
of cour.se, holding over-. "Sunrise" 
and "Wings" respectively. 
. ':"rhe Jazz Singer" Is announced 
to come into the Fox Feb. 6 aiid 
stay for a. run. . 

Estimiates, for Last V/eek • 

Stanley, (4,000;' .35-50-75)— "The 
Gorilla" (ist Nat), Picture only 
fairly strong, but return of Piul 
W'hitemah and his orchestra brough t 
gross up to $36,000 despite very bad 
weather. 

Stanton (1,700; 35-50-75)— "My 
Best Girl" (U. A., 3d week). Dropped 
to $10,000 or maybe less In third 
and final week. "GSehtlemen Prefer 
Blondes" opened Monday. 

Aldine (1,500; $2)— "Wings" (Pq.r. 
9th week). Aviation special still 
big. although Weather brought it 
down to $17,300 last wei&k. Stay In- 
definite. ' 

Fox. <3,000; 99)— "Gateway of 
Moon" (Fox). Picture fairly well 
liked and bill, headed by felaborato 
dance and Jazz act, "Syncopaitlon 
Revels," built steadily up to time of 
blizzard Saturday. Got $26,000, de- 
spite weather. 

Arcadia (800; 50)— "The Har- 
vester" (F.B.O;). Popularity of book 
held week's business up to $4,000. 

Karlton (1,100; 60)— "Tea for 
Three" (M-G). Lew Cody picture 
just fair at $2,500. This week house 
inaugurates hew policy with run 
pictures. 

Fox- Locus* (1.800; $1.65)— "Sun- 
ri.so" (Fox, 2d week). Weather hurt, 
but $12,000. • 




"NOOSr SENT CHICAGO TO $50, 

GOOD 





Last Command" Opened at McVicker*? to $28,000; 
In for 4 Weeks— -Garbo Film and Ash at Oriental, 
$41,000; Below Average— -^^No Alibis Last Week 



LOCAL KIDDIE STUNT 
BIG IN Mll.^ $10,500 



Majestic Did Best Week in 
Year With Hoo Ray Tie-Up 
— Kids in Drove 



'Ironsides," $13,000, 
Record. Strand. Pror. 



Milwaukee, Jan. 31. 
(Drawing Population, 650,000) 

Old man winter scored agalii" last 
week and while. Milwaukee shivered 
the gro.qses went on the toboggan 
the last half; knocking thorn down 
below any figures written for some 
weeks. Starting out great j the eold 
took the upper hand Wednesday and 
the :houses were unable to entice 
the public from the fireside. : • 

Garden closed the "Jazz Singer" 
after four weeks. Closing week's 
$8,1.00 brought total for the run to 
$40,000 pr more, setting a record 
for holding a picture, 

Thomas Meighan showed the 
doubtful he Is still a drawing card 
in Milwaukee. His picture opened 
big at the Alhambra but died sud- 
denly in midweek when the cold 
wave set in, closing to $8,300. 

Purchase of the Midwcsco. chain, 
formerly Saxe, in the Fox- deal, left 
that, string in the air with no re- 
liable grosses obtainable, for' last 
week, Clocking would Indicate a 
drop for the Wisconsin due to the 
absence of Pave Schooler, m. c, and 
the cold. .. 

Estimates For Last Week 

Alhambra (U.) "City Gone Wild" 
;(Par.) (1,800.; 30-50). Saturday and 
Sunday business big, got about half 
gross of week; $8,300. 

Garden (Brin.) " Jazz Singer " 
(War.) (1,200; 25.-50-75). Four 
weeks came to juicy end with big 
total of above $40,000. Last week's 
hit $8,100. 

Majestic (Orph.) "Wolf Fangs" 
(War.) (1,600; 10-25-50). Monster 
business brought in' by Jackie "HCo" 
Ray, "Our . Gang" movie kid on tie 
up with newspaper and stores on 
making . local : kid niovle. House, 
packed from opening to closing daily 
despite cold. Kids came In droves, 
House did best business in year 
Easily mounted $10,600. 

Merrill (Mldwesco) "East Side, 
West Side" (M.-G.) (1,200; 25-50) 
Bad drop after opening. Picture 
failed to click. Below $5,000. 

Miller (Mldwesco) I'Camllie" (F. 
N.) (1,400; 25-50). Stage band and 
second run down town. House held 
up at usual gross of around $7,000. 

Palace (Orph.) " Come To My 
House" (Fox) (2,400; .25-50-75). 
Picture n6 draw with fair stage bill;. 
$14,000. 

Strand (Mldwesco) "Wife Savers" 
(Par.) (1,200; 30-60). Beery-Hattoh 
picture not as well liked as others. 
Lucky to get $61000. 

Wisconsin (Mldwesco) "Man 
Crazy" (F. N;) (2,400; 35-50-60). 
Stage show not so big. without 
Schooler, m. c; picture hit fairly 
well. House may have gotten $15,- 
000, from clocking estimate. 



Prdvldence, Jan. 91. 
(Estimated Pop., 300,000) 

With schools closed for the mid- 
year graduation period, business 
made the Aost- of-a-good break and 
let the afternoon houses bring the 
groa.ses up to good totals. 

Again the Strand with a record 
week with "Helen of Troy." At the 
Majestic "Cbhie to My House" 
along with Movietone and Tom Mix 
helped: to keep an even keel. 

A . .ve^y . gdod .film, "Sharp Shoot- 
iers," teamed with a large sta^e re- 
vue, for. good biz at Fay'is. Up- 
town, across the city, failed to con- 
tinue its sensational second . inin 
draw: 

Estimates for Liasi Week 

Strand (Ind) (2,200; 15-60), "Old 
Ironsides" (Par.) and "That Certain 
.Thing" (F. N.). Great stuff; with 
new high gross around $13,000;. 

Carlton (Fay) (1,474; 15-50). "The 
Wizard" (Fox) and some pas-sable 
vaude, Sati.«?factory at about $3,800. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,500; 15-50), 
"Come to My Hou.se" (Fox) and 
Tom . Mix in "Ai-izona. Wild Cat" 
(Fox) along with Movietone. Around 
usual at $6,000. 

.,^Fay:tiEajr).^Xa.Mii:^£Ld5M..J^^^ 
Shooter.s" (Fox) with smart vaude. 
Somewhat better tha:n par at $5,600. 

Uptown (Ind.) (1.500; 1.0t25), 
"Spring Fever" (M.-G.) • and "Girl 
in J'ullman" (I'athe) first half; 
"(Jenlleman of Paris" (Par.) and 
"I^u^'le Call" (M.-G.) cloHing half. 
Sec;ond run acros.M city, good for 
aljout $2;Cri0. , 

Rialto (Fay) (2,000:' 10-25). Re- 
peat off(!rlngH carrying aloncr with 
fair s'.tccf»!>s, around $1,550. 



BUFFALO BUT AVERAGE 



Only 



Unusual . for Last 
"Kings'V at-f1>50 Top 



Week 



Buftalo, Jan. 31. . 

Little stirring at the Buffalo pic- 
ture theatre box offices last week. 
Business appeared to have settled 
down to merely average takings. 

"King of Klng.V at the Erlanger 
overshadowed .evei;ythlng else In 
town. .The Teck being dfii-k, ..last 
week was another all-picture week 
for Buffalo. 

Estimates, for Last Week 

Erlanger (1,300; 50-$1.50)-^'.'Klhg 
of Kings" (Pathe). Showed extraor- 
dinary strength toward end ■ week. 
$15,000. 

Buffalo (Publix) (3,600; 30-40-65) 
, — ".Cientlerhen Prefier blondes," 
■'Treasure Ships." Picture feature 
showed strong at the beginning and 
end of engagement. Personal ap- 
pearance p;' Kuth Taylor Wednesday 
failed to bolster midweek business. 
$26,500. . . 

Hip (Publlx) (2,400; 50)— "Sere- 
nade" (Par) and vaude. Held own 
at $14,500. 
-—Loe w^8=6Ijor!'W-)---( 3;4 0 0.;==35*5 0 )^=.— 
"•The IiOVf:lbrn" CM-G) and vaude 
Ko particular di."'tinction in pro- 
grnm. $12,.'j00. 

Great Lakes (Vox) (3,400; 35-^0) 
—'■'The Wizard" (Kox) and vaufh-. 
AcQ-ont defiUlfdly on vaude .side 
$10,000 to $11,000. 

Lafayette (Inde) (3,400; 35-50^- 
."Wild Geese" (Tiffany), Vila ;iiid 
vaude, Bill nhinfly remarkalile fur 
return of Vita. Uraoed Hllghlly. l>ut 
still far, from sati-sftjctory. .$11, 



Chicago; Jan. 31. 
If Cliioago weren't a village of 
pioiK^-.'rs,- brought, up on crock-beans 
and ?alc pork,' the brutal, .ear-freez- 
ing L-imiate that came. riding in last 
woclv on one of those famous Chi 
breezes would have lainmt'd.the box ' 
offlce.s for a row of reds. But grosses 
had nothing to blush about. 

The Chicago dropped.! five grand 
in taking on Bar.tholmess's. "The 
Xoosc," but $50,000 in admissions 
can't be wrong as Idjig as the house 
Average Is in the lower 40's. This 
film secured a good line;, of dally 
notices. 

"Private Life H. O, T." Was warm 
enough to' bhck the weather, and 
wound up Its first week with $18,- 
000 at tho Roosevelt. With plenty 
of encouraging comment bandied 
about by '. those who saw, the film 
.should keep its foothold here for a 
while, .V 
Another new. entrant, "The Last. 
Command," got off niftlly at Mc- 
Vlckers with $28,000 from the Jan- 
nings devotees. . Usually a sart like 
this at McVickers indicates a four- 
weeks' run. 

United Artists, which got Its first 
good stride with "The Gaucho," 
dropped $10,000 In the second week 
of that film, but can't be Squawked 
about. "The-iTIrGus,". slated to fol- 
low. Is looked for to give the house 
a record. At the Oriental a nor- 
mally good Paul Ash show and Greta 
Garbo in "The Divine Woman" lift- 
ed taks-ins $3,000. with this still a 
little under the previous pace. 

Ninth week of "Teh J.azz. Singer" 
saw a small drop at the Garrlck but 
still gcttirig: good play. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Chicago Publix) — "The Noose* 
(F. N.) (4,100; 60-76). Barthelmeaa 
picture gave house several thousand 
above nctrmal at $50,000. Prevloui 
week was $5,000 above ths^t. 

Garrick (Shubert)— ".Tazz Singer^ 
and Vita (W. B.) (1,293; 50-$2.20) 
(9th week). Only, picture In city 
on legit scale, dropped little through 
bad weather break, hitting over |14,- 
000; caught on unusually well here. 

McVickens (Publix) ^ "The Last 
Command" (Par) (2,400; 50-76). 
Jannings picture on opening doubled 
gross of previous week and looks 
okay for three more; very favorable 
notices; $28,000. 

Monroe (Fox) — "Sharpshooters^ 
and Movietone (Fox) (975; 60.-66). 
Manager Cohen got something his 
boys wanted and recuperated some- 
what; $4,100. Tom Mix Is In this 
week. 

Oriental (Publix)— "Divine Wom- 
an" (M-G) (2,900; 35-50-76). Garbo 
picture best Oriental has had in 
moons, but with Ash show house 
still couldn't hit former stride; did 
$41,000. ■ 

Orpheum (Warner) — "Beware of 
Married Men" and Vita (W. B.) 
(776; 50). Moderately good week on 
drop-ins .with $7,200. 

Playhouse (MIndlin) — "Jeanne 
Dore"— "Jungle Gods" (Fox). Art has 
tougher time of It here than in New 
York. In New York It's Just tough; 
Sarah Bernhardt revival and trav- 
elog $4,100. 

Roosevelt (Publix)— "Helen of 
Troy" (F. N.) (1,400; 50-60). Ers- 
kine's satire brought raving notices 
and plenty of talk; debutted at $18,- 
000; very good. 

State- Lake . (Orpheum) — "Texas 
Steer"^ ;(F:-N;)"-(2;800t725-50-65)— 
Will Rogers feature In unfavoralble 
.spot with vaude; got house up a lit- 
tle to $18,000. 

United Artists (U. A.) — "The 
Gaucho" (U. A.) (1,70^; 25-75). Sec- 
ond week of Fairbanks showed $10,- 
OOO drop to $24,000, but still okay; 
"The Circus" follows. 



Business Getter Reward 

Chicago, Jan. '31. 

In a buslness.-getting contest held 
among their house , managers 
Flnkelsteln & Ruben awarded the 
fpllowih/j winners a trip to Chicago: 
Joe Ryan, Ma,dl.son, S. Dak.; Wil- 
liam Rezac, Hibblng, Minn.; Stan- 
ley Segalbaum, Minneapolis, Minn,; 
Robert Si Guiterman,. St. Paul. 

The men were entertained by Gus 
.Sun, Harold. PMnkelstein and BUly 
l")larnond. Sun made a special trip 
here. 



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VARIETY 



P I C T U RE S 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 




CHAPUffS mcus' 

NEED ED ADVA NCE NOTICE? 

Comedy Film's Run but 2 Weeks in Strand to $7,500 
2d Week; $10,000, 1st-" West Point," 1st Wk. 
at State, $17,000, Minneapolis Last Week 



It's jdst one blizzard ;ind. coUl 

■ 'w-avc after "another- /this ..winter., 
Tuitsl. wooli's ,b.liz hit \V<'clnos(lay..and 
the teniixn-aturc flirted, with iO be- 
low for four diij'S. 

"West Point," at ihR State, built- 
up and seemed to have just the 
sort of ' stuff local .screen devotees 

want. ■ .' .. J 

Week produced an. unexpectet) 
surprise ■ in • the ..comparative flop 
of the now Chaplin picture, "The 
Circus," at the Strand. First week, 
at around $11,000, was a disappoint- 
ment, for a Chaplin, but it /was 
thought trade would build. Tak- 
ings, however, did not hold up suf- 
ficiently strong; to warrant the re- 

■ tehtioh of the picture for aiiothor 
week and it -was. bowed, out, .ThlS; 

• is the shortest run for a new Cha;p- 
Un filnV here in years. 

Broadway Reports 

Minneapolis was the first city, in 
the country outside, of New York to 
get "The Circus," the arrangement 
having been in celebration of the 
treaty of peace signed between F. & 

. R. and United Artists. The picture, 
too, was very well liked, nothing 
but favorable comment being heard 
on every hand. The conclusion 
reached is that. it is a mistake for 
a local house to tun a big picture 
day and date with New York, and 
that the most profitable procedure 

. is to wait until after the film has 
ha<.i the prestige of a Broadway en - 
gagomeht a;nd reports of its merits 
have filtered in. on, the' public 
through various agencies . and 
routes. ■ 

The fans liked "Shepherd of the 
Hills" and it did fairly well at the 
Garrick, considering the weather 
and that the house offered nothing 
else for the 60c admish. One week, 
however, was sufficient for this 
picture. 

Dolores Del Rio drew quite a bit 
of trade to Pantages in "Gateway 
of the Moon," while "Ben-Hur," at 
25c, \yas a magnet for the Grand. 
Bancroft , and Conklin did not get 
much of a play with "Tell It to 
Bwooney," at the Lyric. 

Estimates fbr Last Week 
State (F. & R.) (2.500; 60). "West 
Point" (M-G-M). Wm; Haines, star, 
and picture great combination 
I'ublic waxed highly enthusiastic 
Close to $17,000. Remarkable under 
all circumstances. Prolog only on 
Btiige. 

Garrick. (F. & R.) (2,000; 60)' 
"Shepherd of Hills" . (F. N.). Well 
exploited; trade not any too brisk; 
. $7,000; fsLir. .• 

Strand (F. & R.) (1.500; 50) "The 
Circus" (U-A). Second and last 
week. Whale of comedy, but failed 
to pet up high box office momen- 
tum for some unexplalnable reason. 
About $7,500. Very disappointing. 

LvHc (1.350; 35) "Tell It to 
Sw^f>ncy" (Par). New comedy team 
of Chester Conklin and George 
B^peroft did not click strongly in 
iTri^i.^l offering. Picture pleased: 
$i "JOO, 

P'-TP';! (1.100; 25> "Ben-Hur". 
(M-*(}-M). Third loop showing: 
$1 "''O: above average, for house. 
Mrnnooin-Ornheum (?'>00: 50.-75) 

. v.'^rtivth- . S'^a-^I^jye.'/--. (Fr'^'-f^) and 

. vai'^ii^. ■ ■ Pichii-o not. nnteh, hut 
. vfivul" p'lV-ndlcl for change; $!.'>, 500: 
Ve'"V '.f ih>: ' 

P.Tntao-s h.GRO; 50) "Gateway of 
Jf^nn" (T.-'f>v) and vande. Stnr, Do- 
]n-o^ Del p!o, find picture, magnc^t: 

Jfi 70(1:. fond. 

O'-v/^nUi P+rR.ftt (1'.4S0: 4ni. "Ch-niri 
.T.f^'htrting"- and .vajide; ?5.0n0; f.Tl'r 
Iv go^d 



MIDLAND-MAINSTREET 
DID $50,000 ON WEEK 

Killed Rest of Downtown in 
K. Gv Except Pantages— 
Newman^ $3,000 



Kansas City, Jan. 31. 
"The Student Prince" at the Mid- 
land, arid "Shepherd of the Hills 
at the M.^instreet, were , the choices 
last week, >vlth business heavy at 
each. It looked like old times to sec 
these two houses, a block apart on 
the same street, jamming the seats. 

The other half of the story for the 
first runners in that district at times 
not enough in to pay for the lights. 
Business was sO bad it seems but 
a question of a few more weeks UKe 
the past two before some will have 
to. drop but. . • ■ ., 

Capitol, formerly Garden, starting 
earner as a vaude-film house, and 
a few weeks ago changing to a 
musical tab policy, with pictures, 
washed up Sunday. • 

Estimates For Last \A(eiek 
Midland (Loew)— "S t u d e n t 
Prince" (M-G-M) (4.000; 25-35-60). 
"Syncopation" on stage and ._sure 
enough jazzy. Picture well liked 
Saturday opening capacity and Sun- 
day night house unable to care for 
ticket seekers. $32,000. 

Newman (Loew)— "Two Flaming 
Youths" (Par) (1,920: 25-35). Good 
old-fashioned hoke, but not much 
money getter. But slightly better 
than preceeding week. $3,000. 

Liberty (Ind) — "Coney Island" 
(1,000: 25-50). Sam Carver, run- 
ning this house independently since 
Universal gave it up, doing every- 
thing to lure fans In; serving tea 
and cake on mezzanine in afternoon 
and giving two street car tickets to 
evening trade, but last week worst 
house has ever, known. Picture good 
entertainment but title and lobby 
display failed to draw. No other 
excuse. $1,700. 

. Mainstreet (Orpheum)— "Shepherd 
of the Hills" (F. N.) (3,200; 25-60). 
Fact that author, Harold Bell 
Wright, lived in Kansas City when 
writing i^this story of Missouri 
Ozarks gave engagement local angle. 
Also stage show. Lines In front 
looked like old tlme.<3. One of best 
weeks in months. $18,000. 

Pantages— "Wolf Fangs" (Fox) 
(2,400; 25-30-50). Picture full of 
thrills. Vaude full of variety. Show 
well liked. Business just little un 
der normal. $6,500. 

"What Price Glory," Moyletone, at 
Globe, offering in connection with 
stock. New Uptown (Universal) on 
split week, had "Wild Geese" first 
half, and "Cheating Cheaters," last 
half, for pictures. 



ST. CECELIA BALL 

The oldest as well as the most 
exclusive Boclal function in the 
united States held annually at 
Charleston, South Carolina, is the 
St. Cecelia iBall. , 

N'O expense is spared to obtain 
music in keeping with the import- 
ance Of this extraoiMinary event. ^ 

For many years the St. Cecelia 
guests have danced to the strains 
of a MIEJYER DAVIS ORCHBSTRA 



'SORREL; AT $15,000, 
BIG WEEK IN PORTLAND 



PinSBURGH RUINED 
miE' WITH 20 CUTS 

Penn Got $33,000, Less by 
$3,500 Than With "West 
Point" 



Champ Crasher's Job 



liOB Angeles, Jan; 31. • 
"One Eyed" Connelly, the 
world's champion gate crasher, 
has come into his reward. . He 
has been made gale toiidor at; 
the Fox studios, defend ing the 
Western a;Venue entrance. 

He we.ar.s ., si gray, uniform" 
and - authority sits upon him 
like a flaming . sword. . If you 
h.iven't a pass,' yo'u haven't a 
chance. . 

"One EJye"; is, .In short, the 
toughest gate man. webt of the 
Rocky Mountains,; 



"Jazz Singer" in 5th Week at 
Blue Mouse— Oriental, $30,- 
000 With "Eagle" 



Long Work 'Womanlibod' 

Los An.gclea, Jan. 31, 
Not satisfied with the adaptation 
mndc by Rupert Hughes of "Wom- 
anhood." an original by an unknown 
writer for the Insplratlon-Halperln 
prbduction for United Artists. Olga 
School, local screen writer, has been 
eng.'iged for si screen treatment of 
the .story. 

■ In.opirntion-Halperin has big ideas 
. f.or. :"^V(vm^Lnhood ■ " cla.lm ^ t o ha \^ 
"worked two years in bulTdirg tTic 
Btoi y, iir\(\ will' spend a year in pro 
duftion. . . 

(.'lOrla do Cota, sent to Hollywood 
by the Mexiorin govci'nment through 
winning • the ' Mexican ^ national 
beauty contest i and given 
mbnihs' work at the DoMille '«lu 
di(>.«. h.as been released by thr? i-itti^ 
She i.s boing given screen trsts b;. 
the - In.spir.allon-TIalperin ronibiTia- 
tion for a lead in "Womanlu.od." 



Pittsburgh, Jan. 31. 
Drawing Pop. 1 ,000,000) 

Genero\is slicing by the. censors 
of "Sadie Thompson" in -the last 
two reels, and 20 cuts in all. hurt 
business at the Penn accordingly, 
as the house opened, to a near rec- 
ord Monday,, with a dropping otf 
during the week. Weather, bafl 
Wednesday and Thursday did not 
help, either, this condition being iri 
all theatres. ■ . 

In the Swanson picture ^as here 
one got no Idea of what it's about 
in the last reel at all. The Penn did 
$33,500, drop of $3,300. on "West 
Point'" of the week before.; . , 

Grand did only fairly with "The 
Love Mart." Davis had "Two Flam- 
ing Youths" and also sort of 
flopped. At the Aldine, Claire 
Windsor In "Fashion Madness" did 
no better than others. 

(Estimates for Last Week) 
Aldine (Lo6w) (2,000; 26-35-50). 
Vaude 'and "Fashion Madness' ; 

Cameo (U) (600: 35-40). Conrad 
Veldt in "A Man's Past." House us- 
ing line "Where the. picture's, the 
thing." Average busiiiess of .$1,400; 

Davis (Keith-Stanley) (2,100; 35- 
50-76). $9,500 gathered up with 
"Two Flaming Youths," aissisted by 
7 stage acts. 

Grand (Stanley) (2,700; 6-50). 
"Love Mart," Billie Dove. Not as 
goOd as former Dove pictures; 
$10,570. . 

Penn (Loew) (3,700; 25-35-60). 
$33,500, about average for this 
house, with Gloria Swanspn In 
"Sadie Thompson" and stage show. 
Ru.sinoss opened with a rush, but 
business had the heart cut out of it. 



STATE. ST. I.. LEADS 

Evelyn Egan's Operation | WITH TRINCE,' $39,900 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Evelyn Egan, picture actress, in 
jured several months ago when her 
machine collided with a steam 
Hhb~v(^[r Tias n 

was given an office position by Al 
Chrl.'^tie until her Injuries are com 
pletely healed. 

She has now returned to the hos 
pital to undergo a plastic opera 
tion. An attempt will be made to 
cover up all facial scars so she can 
return to acting. 



Ambassador, With "Blondes," 
About Normal at- $34^300— 
State's Gross Very Big 



ATMOSPHERE! 

Riviera Film Corp. is doing a P»*o 
ductlon in New York under the title 
of "A -Son of Now York," What 
could be more natural that the lead- 
ing man Indicated in the title .should 
be an Argentine dancer named 
nrvno Valjetty. 

MOre native atmosphere in the 
person of' Fifi Rodiva, French 
danseuse. On top of that one of 
the charneter roles is done by Raf- 
falc IJonginl. Among the authentic 
nrotropolitajQ^.; hacligxaimfl.s 
place.'? in Central Park an^l "West 
110th street," according to the press 
agent's copy. 



N Y. to L. A. 

Artiiiu- Tr(>);nb;' w. .Ir. 

L. A. to N. Y. 

Olur'.-i .^w.'in.'idu. 



St. Louis, Jan. 31. 
(Drawing Pop., 1,000,000) 

"The Student Prince" at Loew s 
•State last, weelc clas.se.s with the 
b(>st pictures, says one St. Louis re- 
viewer. Jolson*s ."./aSiZ - finger" 
Vitaphone ' performance at the 
Orand-Cen.trail went into its llfth 
week. . . , . 

Estimates for Last Week 
A m b assad or ( Skouias ) — "G en.tle 
men i'refer Blondes" (3,000; 35-65) 
Called well worth while. by review- 
ers. Ed Lowry still hittin' 'em over 
the fence with his stage shof; 
$34,300. 

Missouri (Skouras)— "Wife Sav 
ors" (3,800; 35-65). These low com 
edy favorites always sfcern welcome 
to certain type of fans; $20,900. 

Grand-Central (1,700; 60-75).— 
"The Jazz Singer" (W. B.) Vita 
Fifth week, $15,200. 
_:L^.evyIs.Siate.-.JL3JL0J}j:_^ 
"S^'tudent Prince." Teddy Joj^ce con 
tinues to please as m.c; $39,90.0. 

St. Louis (4,280; 35-65)— "Silk 
l.,pgs," Vand. After two weeks of 
noor pictures,. St. . Louis . presented 
interesting little comedy. Vaude 
\'ille also. 

Orpbeum (2,200; 25-50-76)— "The 
Wizard" and vaudeville, 

Capitol (Skouras, small down 
tnwner)-r-"Wiiic," featuring Clara 
Row, and "A Sailor's Sweetheart," 
with Louise Fazenda; double bill 



Portland, Ore., Jan. 31. 
Broadway jammed them to near 
capacity With "Sorrell and Son" and 
H^fahchoh and MaicO's . "Lace Idea." 
•The Jazz Singer" keeps up getting 
money a;t the Blue Mouse.. With 
Vitaphone in fourth week. 

"We're All Gamblers" given a 
panning by the press, but came 
through with a profitable gross. 

TebbetVs hew Oi'iental sure click- 
ing. This new house will continue 
to bring the trade for at least a few 

months. \ t ■, 

Upon the taking over the J. J. 
Parker and United Artists of the 
West Coast Broadway, some time in 
Ifebruaryi, the Rivoli, at present the 
run house of the town, is scheduled 
to be turned into a grind. ■ 

The new Publlx house is nearing 
completion, although no opening 
date announced. It Is said ; the 
hou.se will be ready by Feb. 20. It 
will seat 3,200 and is patterned after 
the Paramount. New York City. 

"Wine," Universal re-issue, which 
vvas originally booked for the Co: 
lumbia, but which was refused a 
permit by the Censor Board for a 
local showing, has been bought by 
the Orpheum. Hal Murphy, man- 
ager of the Orpheum, will makei a 
'lold attempt to get the picture into 
liis house. The city fathers have 
refused to intervene In the matter 
Estimates for Last Week 
Oriental (Tebbotls) (2,600-25-35), 
'•Fighting Eagle" (De Mille), Big 
independent house brought good 
crowds, but slipped on week over 
previous Weeks. Srodka's orchestra 
and a\c.nn .Shelley, organist, . popu- 
lar. $30,000. 

Broadway (W. G.) -(2,000; 40-60). 
"Sorrell and Son" (U. A.), Flr.-it 
U. A. picture in house for months. 
One of bigge.st weeks^ Fanchon and 
Marco's "Lf ce Idea" and Ollie Wal- 
lace, on stage. $15,000. 
. Columbia (U.) (80O; 35-50), "Wcire 
All Gamblers" (I'ar;). Tommy 
Mei.trhan picture given ..panning by 
press,, but got good week. $6,000. 

Blue Mouse (.Hamrick) (750; 50), 
•Jazz. Singer" (Warner.s), Filni 
could run indefinitely. Fyurth weoU 
n.pd held over. Rlfi.gest run busi- 
ness m history of house. $6,800 and 
again held over. 

Orpheum (Orph.) (2.000; 15-25- 
50-75), "Dead Man's Curves" (Ind.). 
Picture secondary. Stage vaude 
'.ir.iWi • . ■ • 

Muiic Box (Henry Duffy Player.'^) 
(1,300; 35-50-75), "The Goldfish." 
Henry Duffy stock. After complet- 
ing two big weeks on "Rain." Duffy 
;'ompany connected to over $7,500 on 
"The Goldfish."; . 
-:Liber.ty. (W. . -C.),^-''Oj)cn ,Rang£ 
(Paf.). This house going along fov 
no reason at all. . Expected that 
West Coa.st -Theatres will, s.oon- in- 
stall a Punch and Judy show here 
IS a stimulant for biz. . 

Hollywood (W. C;) (1.600; 25), 
"London After Midnite" (M. G.). 
Lon Chaney i)ieture bolstered busi- 
heiss at this big suburbaner. On 
three-d.ay run, , house connected to 
the extent of around $1,500. 

Rivoli (Parker-W. C). (1,210; 35 



I STARS DON'T HOLD 
UP INJOUTHLAND 

Mix's film Indicates 'Western' 
Decline — Norma talmadge 
Falls Off $4,000 



New Orleans, Jan. 31. 
/ Variety's declaration that we.st- 
Orns were dying was borne out hist 
week when Tom Mix, in "The Bron- 
cho Twister," sent the gross at 
Loew's State almost $2,000 below , 
"normal. Westerns used to be great 
for the house, with Mix the stand- 
out of all cowboy luminaries. 

Another important star failing to 
stand up was Norma Talmadge, iii 
"The Dove/? She dropped tiio 
Saenger down $4,000 froni the • pre- 
vious week. 

1 "The Divine Woman" surprised at 
the Strand by giving that house its 
best gross in months, but "The 
Devil Dancer" did not mean much, 
to the Liberty. Nor did "Daiice 
Madness" help the Orpheum, which 
skiddied terribly. 

A ray of sunshine at the Palace 
when "Monte Cristo" sent that the-^ 
atre above $5,000. The Tudorlimped 
along with "Slightly Used." 

Estimates for Last Week 
Saenger (3,568; 65), "The Dove.*» 
Only $16,100. 

' State (3,218; 50), «.'Brone.hoTwlf3t- 
er." Westerns about through here. 
Total $13,200. 

Orpheum (2,400; 76), "Dance Mad- 
ness." Jiist $6,700. 

Strand (2,200; 50), "The Divine 
Woman." GeneraHy comrhended; 
$4,800. 

Liberty (1,800; 6a), "The Devil 
Dancer"; $2,400. 

Palace (2,300; 40), "Monte Cristo." 
Drew splendidly; $5,300. 

Tudor (800; 40). "Slightly used." 
Lucky to do $1,200; 



NeIHe ReveH Walks Out; 
Couldn't Stand Anger 



Detroit, Jan. 31. 
■ Nellie Revell abruptly left'her job ' 
as. publicity director for the new 
United Artists theatre here last 
week. It happened after a. run-in 
with Lou Ang- r, the U. A. repre- 
sentative. . 

The same occurrence was re- 
ported between the publicist and 
Anger-when Miss Revell attended to 
the free space for the premiere of 
the U. A. theatre in Chicago. It 
was reported in Chicago before Miss 
Revell had been there a week artd 
with frequent stormy seances with 
Anger that She Intended quittin? 
but is said to have remained 
through her fondness for Jos. M. 
Schenck. 

This latter was made quite evl- 
dent when Miss Revell, upon her 
first salary day In Chicago and 
I after she had filled the local papers 
on the U. A. opening and "The 
Dove,'V its opening attraction, a 
check for one-half week's salary 
was handed to her by Anger. He 
is said to ha,ve informed Miss Revell 
that since she did not arrive in Chi- 
cago until Thursday only a half 
week's salary was due her. 

Nellie Irritated 
Working here for the new U. A. 
house with an advertising appro- 
priation of $5,000 for three weeks 
and against the tremendous local 
newspaper influence of the Kun.sky 
theatres. Miss Revell became in- 
tensely irritated at the constant 
nagging by Anger. 

All MI.5S Revell would admit was 



50). "The Shepherd of the Hills" 
(1st N.). Picture slowed down oh 
.second .week. . Santaella's orchestra 
ind Cecil Teage, organist, hit's. 



HEALY COMM. CQlfflSEL 

Washington, Jan. 31. 
Robert 13. Healy, of Vermont, has 
been named chief counsel of the 
Federal Trade Commission. He 
succeeds Bayard T. Haiher, of 
Oklahoma, who resigned because of 
ill health. • 

Mr. Hainer argued the Govern 
ineTrt's-case-ln^thc=Pamous--Players- 
Lasky case before the commission. 



SKETCHES FOR TWO 

A requisition has reached Now 
York to procure playcts .suitable for 
vaudeville^ for Renee Adorcc and 
Irene Rich: 

Both of the women stars intend to 
temporarily leave the picture colony 
for a Vaude tour. 



the quitting and in ten'aed returning 
to New York. She added that while 
she liked Joe Schenck for a boss, 
she' couldn't stand Anger. 

This is the first regular publicity 
post Miss.^Revcll has. accepted since 
her. remarkable recovery and de- 
parture from a hospital; in New 
York, after four, years there as a 
celling watcher.. In Chicago her 
space grabhing for-thc U. A. house 
had never been surpas-sed. 

Proctor, Film Salesman, 
h Theatre "Feel" Jam 



Salt Lake, Jan. 31. 
Tom Proctor, 30, salesman, was 
arrested charged with improper ad- 
vances toward a 11-year-old girl in 
a downtown picture house here, A 
' poiicernaiT" in "tTie'lTOxonio^ 
theatre ran up the aisle, chjuscd 
Proctor out and caught him. 

He protested, saying he had 
m erely stretched out his Icprs .durr 
ing the show and crowded the girl. 
A scuffle followed, the man ref u.sing 
to go back to the theatre. 

Proctor was overpowered. The 
girt's story was that he had at- 
I tempted to maul her. 



VARIETY 



9 




APPROACH 





MAY LINE 'EM UP 



Attorney Who Obliged Hen- 
ry Ford's Apology May 
Attempt to Organize In- 
dependent Exhibs Thru- 
out U. S. — Starting With 
Greater N|e|w York— - 
$100,000 Yearly Salary 
With 5 Percent Film Pur- 
chase 'Tax by Indies to 
Providie Funds 



N OT TO OPERATE 



Neaotiiltibns are oh between the 
leading independent picture theatre 
owners of. New York and Aaron 
Sapiro, attorney and organizer, who 
sued Henry Ford for |ljOO0,000 for 
libelling the Jews and won his case, 
in the foi-m of an apology, to form a 
bpoking combination representing 
to the exhibitors what the Hays or- 
ganization is to tlie producers and 
distributors. 

Sapiro is being offered $100,000 a 
year salary, this sum and th6 cost 
of his oflfice to l?e met by a 5 per 
cent, tax on total amount of film 
purchased. 

Thirty exhibitors so far, some 
representing " independent chains, 
are. interested; Thiig buying power 
represents $3,500,000 a year. 

With the launching of this organ- 
ization it is expected the other in- 
dependents will join, the purchasing 
power of all the independents being 
in the neighborhood of $6,000,000 
yearly. The Independent theatres of 
the better grade, around 300 in New 
York, • would constitute a, greater 
buying force than all the chain 
touses in this territory combined. 
Trying for Years 

The independent exhibitors plan- 
ning this deal, members of the The- 
atre Owners' Chamber of Com- 
merce, have been trying to form a 
' combination for several years, bo 
far unsuccessfully. Most realize, 
finally/ that unless they combine, 
and soon, they may be driven out 
•of business within the next three 
years. 

While no one has ever been able 
to mold the local independents into 
one body some hope Is held out that 
Sapiro may be able to accomplish 
the hitherto impossible on account 
of his successful experience in or- 
ganizing the farmers, who were an 
even more irreconcillable group than 
the exhibitors. Sapiro has organ- 
ized a considerable number of other 
enterprises, all successfully, from 
reports. 

If Sapiro can handle the local 
.situation he may be requested to 
follow with a national organization 
campaign. 

T The" combiTiiation would bo Inval-^ 
liable to exhibitors because it would 
give them an opportunity to get 
pictures at a reasona,ble price where 

(Continued on page 26) 



Joan Crawford Wearing 
A Wedding Ring 

Los Angeles, Jan.' 31.. 

Joan Crawford wore and displayed 
ft platinum wedding ring at Friday 
night's opening of "The Glrcus" at 
Grauman's Chinese, She is reported 
to have married Douglas Fairbanks, 
Jr., last weok in Mexico. 

Fairbanks is under age and would 
heed purentail consent to marry in 
the United States. 

Neither would confirm. 



JAMES HALL'S DIVORCE 

SEEMS BIT IMPOETANT 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

The names of James Hall, Para- 
iaount screen actor, and Merna 
Kennedy. Chaplin's leading lady Jn 
•*T^he Circus," are being linked ro-^ 
InanLically. 

Hall Ticedfi a Atvore* first from 
his wifo. 



6 Rbad-Show Films' History 

Just six genuine $2 roadshow pictures to date,: This takes in 
all plctures and lists only thosei films which have gone across the 
country and profited by special showing at special prices. 

It's ah elite circle into which few have been able to break, in- 
cluding "Birth of a Nation," ".'Way Down East;" "The Covered 
Wagon," "Ten Commaridments,'' "The Big Parade" and "Ben-Hur," 
in that order. 

Of these s;lx but two were sent into production with' road show- 
ing the release plan, "Ten Commandments" and. "Ben-Hur.^" Of 
the sextet it is noteworthy that D. W. Griffith has had two,' Para- 
mount two and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer two. 

At the present time Paramount is threatened with anOLher, 
"Wings," which has done well in the key cities but has yet to prove 
itself In the lesser population centbrs. 

How the four program pictures became $2 is as follows: 

♦'Birth 61*, a Nation." Decision made to roadshow the picture 
around a table In Schrafft's 23d street store less than a month 
before the picture opened Ih Now York on March 3, 1915. D. W. 
GriHlth, J. J. McCarthy and Henry E. Aiken around the table at 
the time, with Thomas Dixon, author of "The Clansman" from 
which the "Nation" was adapted, having to be argued iiito the plan. 
The first $2 picture. 

"'Way Down East." D..W. Griffith and J. J. McCarthy decided 
to road show the film in the lobby of the 44th Street theatre the 
third or fourth night after the opening. Road showed o'ne season, 
and. could have gone two. 

"The Covered Wagon." Already sold on program to about 400 
exhibitors when J. J. McCarthy walked into Adolph Zukor's oflicc 
and said he'd like to handle it. He hod viewed It at the Criterion 
theatre, shortly after. It opened. Result was a conference, between 
Zukor, Sidney Kent and McCarthy with picture sent out for $2. 

"The Big Parade." J. J. McCarthy was on coast to look over 
"Ben-Hur" and watching advance footage on "Parade" in a studio 
projection room when he tagged it as a road show picture. Scene 
of girl being dragged by truck,, and then a solitary figure In the 
middle of the road on her knees convinced McCarthy it was $2. 
Picture unfinished at that time. 



MATIESON RUNAROUND 



G3 Boag Back to Coast; 
May Produce on His Own 



Gil Boag started westward Mon- 
day for Hollywood, where he may 
become a film producer on his own. 

Before leaving Mr. Boag said he 
had no complete idea, but admitted 
the producing bug had bit him. As 
general manager for his wife, Gllda 
Gray, Boag was largely" active 
while her various pictures were in 
the making. . 

Miss Gray is now making per- 
sonal appearances with her latest 
Goldwyn picture (U. A.), "Devil 
Dancer." As Miss Gray will tra,vel 
with the film for about 20 weeks, 
It suggests that there, may have 
been more In the recently reported 
marital differences between the pair 
than the suspected press agentry, 
although there is no doubt of the 
latter angle. 

It is said that if there is to be 
a Boag-Gray separation, It will be 
arranged amicably. Report Is that 
Miss Gray recognizes to what 
heights she has been brought by 
her husband and freely credits him, 
leaving nothing to be settled be- 
tween them excepting a division of 
property. 

Boag denied he had a young 
woman on the ooast as a star for a 
production, should he decide to 
start one. He .said rather he would 
first look about for a connection 
with a releasing organization when 
reaching tlie studio hunting grounds. 



CRUZE. BURNING UP. 
GIVES PATHE NOTICE 



Lios Angeles, Jan. 31. 

James Cruze will not renew his 
contract with Pathe-Do Mille to 
release his productions after his 
present contract expires. 

Last Friday in the. Amhassador, 
Cruze was conferring with Elmer 
Pearson on the matter, when the 
director started to burn up. Hot 
words were freely exchanged, and 
Cruze. walked out, after telling 
Pearson he^was through with Path i? 
for good. 

It is understood Cruzie Is , now 
negotiating with F. B. O. for rcleiasc 
of his pictures, and that he will go 
to New York to sign a contract 
next week. 



Chi. 



Chicago, Jan. 31i 
Members of the contract commit- 
tees representing exhibitors, dis- 
tributors and producers held meet- 
ings dt the Congress Hotel today 
for the purpose of deciding on pro- 
cedure. Pete Woodhull, president of 
the M. P. T. O. A., was elected 
cha,irma;n of the exhibitors' commit- 
tee. 

"Voting on. a new form of contract, 
scheduled for tomorrow, may be 
done In closed meeting, with only 
the three members representing 
each faction present, Exhlbs wanted 
open voting so that they could ob- 
serve the trend of affairs. 



Money Man's Aid 

_ On-Goast-for Info 

Lo3 Angele."?, Jan. 31, 
Grant I* Cook, Detroit, attorney 
and bu.'ilness advisor to I. A Young, 
finanolal backer of Tiffany- Stahl. 
Is now on the coast with headguar- 
tera at the Tlffany-Stahl studloB. 

His mission Is to learn more 
aboi.it the picture businoss. 



Von Eltz Flat 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
After spending several, years in 
independent pictures Theodore Von 
Eltz has accumulated $G,300 in lia:- 
bilitles and has no assets. 
He says so in bankruptcy. 



Promised Percentage oiF Profit on 
$3,000--No Dough Yet . 

•Los.AngoUra, Jan...31., 
Otto Ma.tiesen, scrcdn actor, claims 
ho is getting the runarouiid from 
Sam: Friedman and Edw.ard Spitz, 
producers of "The Last Moment." 
They had him in the picture with 
the understanding that he' would got 
a percentage of the profit. . The pio- 
turo was directed by Paul Fojog an(l 
matle at a cost of ?;i,000. 

Matieson worked iov about five 
woeks with the vnulorstanding ■ ho 
would reoo'ive ffi.ODQ from the. fir.sl 
nvonoys .when ■ the picture was dis- 
tributed! '. . . 

Now. the actor claims the film is 
being shown in. Iho oast and that 
Frii'dman and Ppitx have refused to 
niiiko paymonL or • pormit him to 
examiiio their. Ijooks, 



DIRECTORS AFTER INFO 
IN HICKMAN TRIAL 



Mindliii in Court 

To See Daughter 

Chicago, "Jan, 31. 
Frederick A. ]Nrincllin, part owner 
Oi- Chicago's Playhouse theatre (pic- 
tures), was divorced' in. 1.920. The 
Mindlins have a daughter, now four 
Shortly after securing hor decree, by 
default, Mrs. Mindlin married .James 
Clark Hoskins. Since hor marriage 
to Tloskins it was' alleged that she 
had represented him to the ohild as 
her father. .' , ' 

Mindlin, per attorney Benjamin H. 
Ehriich, appeared in Judge Thomas 
J, Lynch's branch of the Chicago 
municipal court and sought to mod- 
ify his divorce decree so that ho 
might see his daughter. In 1926 
Mrs. Hosklns was given sole cus- 
tody of the ch.il.d. . 

.Tudge Lynch continued the motion 
for 90 days and ordered that Mind- 
lin may visit his daughter oijce a 
week an di call her on the telephone 
at similar intervals. 

"And." quoth the judge, "he can 
call himself 'dad' while with her." 



Los An.i^elcs, .Jan.- 31.- 
The opening of the trial of. Wil- 
liiim Edward liiokman,' confessed 
kidnap-murdoror of Marian; Park-: 
or ;attraotod a- score or more of di- 
rectors and actors who sought flrst- 
haTul inCorination of. major casie 
court procedure. Ix)cal authorities 
co-opevatod with the film men to 
the extent, of r(>sorving close up 
seats f(U- tlioso who expressed a de- 
sire to atiohd . the heari.ng. ' 

AnU.mg those in-osotU on the ojion- 
ing. day woro. lCdward Slopian and 
Edward Laemmlo, Universal direc- 
tors; Jiioliard AVallaeo, First 5:a- 
tioiKil;" Vlolor ' I'loniing' .and lOrnst 
Lul'ilscli, I'araintiunl • C larenoe 
Drown antl Jsiiig -A'idor, Al-tJ-M. 

^■idor wrote' a liy-linc story .of 
the case for a lOe;il daily. .Several 
directors suspended .studio work 
• to attend the trial. . 



Saving Time Again 

Chicago, Jan, 31. 

Starting March 4 the present 
schedule of 63 hours on Southern 
Pacinc, Union Pacific and Santa Fe 
railroads from , Los Angeles and 
Frisco to Chicago 'v\MH be cut to 61 
hours and' IB minutes. 

This saving of 1:45 applies on. ex- 
tra fare trains. 



R. Crewe With Hearst 
And Due for Coast Job 

Kegina Crewe of the "Morning 
Tofegraph" goes' Hearst within the 
nionth to do a news letter on movies 
for the Now York "Mirror." Event- 
ually Mi«H Crewe will go to. Holly- 
wood and do for Hearst's tabloids 
what Louclla Parsons l.n writing for. 
the New York 'American" and' na- 
tionally syndicated. 

Miss Cre-w'e succeeds Dorotliy 
Herzog, who Is now film editor for 
FUO. Miss Ilorzog w.as formerly 
picture reviewer In New York, go-^ 
Ing to the coast to do film corre- 
spondence, iiland Johaneson has 
since succoedCKl Miss Herzog as the 
picture critic and quickly com- 
manded attention for her pithy and 
breezy film critiques, Miss Johane- 
son remains on the "Mirror" as Its 
picture reviewer. 

Miss Crewe's husband, Herbert 
Cruick.shank, continues on the "Tel- 
egraph," which paper he rejoined 
after leaving it for a spell to go on 
the now merged "Picture World." 
Eventually Cruickifihank will accorn- 
pany his wife to the coast,,. where he; 
has other connections and which 
"The Telegraph" open for Bernard 
leaves his film reviewing post on 
Simmons. The latter is now the 
advertising manager but has writ- 
ten picture stuff and will combine 
both duties on Crwikshank's resig-' 
nation. 



JOE SCHENCK IN N. Y. 

Joseph M. Schenck arrived in New 
York Sunday, . coming directly 
through from the coast, 




AMERICA'S ONLY NATIVE BORN JOINED TOGETHER 

"SI AMES E'V TWINS 

MARY and MARGARET GIBB, of Holyo'ke, Mass., togcither with their 
tnother, Mrs. John R. G-lbb (the Only mothor to ever survive the birth 

.of Slamc^se twins) 

. Offering a deltehtful act, a^iHlstod by RAT. TRAYJMOR and 
. THB3 DANCttiNG SHERR BOYS 

fWcwMentative, SOL. TUREK 



"Board of Trade" for 

Eastern Film Hopes 

A mysterious "Board of Trade, of 
the Motion IMcture Industry" has 
api)eared on the scene with the 
hiotto, "bring production back to 
Us birthplace." 

Membership appears to be among 
merchants and (ithers who were hit 
hard when the eastern studios 
clo.sed nd who would profit by a 
resunipii'm of production around 
New York. 

The new "Board of Trade" is lo- 
,jcatr>d,a:t,,l 413 West Jl5th the 
oirico ofJoseph Ornato, produc'(>r of 
short sul'jocts and Industrial films. 
Imiuiry there developed that it la 
little more than a mall address for 
the prop.aganda scheme. 



Helen Cbstello's Marriage 
Turns Gut to Be Poison 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Love's young sweet dream i.s r'"''- 
son to- Ilelene Cn.^iollo, '\Varii"r 
featured player, and Jack r.egr>n,. 
furmor colle,','f' Ihto; who lif.i^'e sep- 
arated after ffujv months of niari-ied 
life. 

. Hogan l.s I'elurnirig to Washington, 
where ho will Wf^rlc In the lulvertis- 
ing dop.artmi'.nt of a ri'' w.«p.'iper. 



Lady Douglas in *B*way' 

' Lady. ' KhVrito Do ugia.s, 'i-liii'] ish 
night cUrl> hostess how on tl.ie coast, 
will app*-ar in the- ca.qt of i;riiver- 
sal's film verslcm of "IJroa iwiiy," 
if o/IlcialS of the .studio succeed' In 
persuading hor to accept an offer 
made her.. 

Lady Douchin hafl not given th« 
produr'ors an c^n^wer a..s vet. 



10 



VARIETY 



P I C T U R E S 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



AMUSEMENT STOCKS SINK BACK; 
PATHE CRASHES; STANLEY WEAK 

Ticker Sharps See Liquidation iii Loew— Fox Makes 
Best Showiiig 611 Talk of Heavy Wall Street 
Backing— General Market in Midst of Scare 



. InfluentM'd partly by spncntl. mar- 
ket'conditions, but more by individ^ 
ual considerations, praGticaliy iiU 
the amusonienc sliai'cs sank' baok 
from their tops last week and early 
this week, or dropped further into 
new bottoms. 

Loew was ' baek belovv 62 , yester- 
day, after touching fOr the third 
time its old top of 64, accompanied 
by the comment , of ahreWd ticker 
readers . that. . there were signs of 
liquidation by Important operators. 
Paramount \vas quiet at and gen- 
erally biplow lis, the line at which 
it had developed resistance to sellr 
ing pressure up to the^ last week 
or so. •.■ " 

Pathe cra.slied again, this time to 
13^4? with .'corresponding' weakness 
In its bonds, a ,7 per cent.' Issue 
which returned to its former low of 
80. This- slump was attributed,; be- 
sides ' the: dividend passing; to. 
frightened selling by smalT holders 
who had the stock wished on them 
when the Keith- Albee connection 
was ballyhooed last year/ , 

Fox did best of thie group, .%lr- 
though even that much-touted issue 
was not immune from pressure dur- 
ing the worst of- the uncertainty 
.about tight money, Federal Reserve 
Board brakes on speculation' land 
such thlrig.s. In this .case the Inside 
"dope" was that. th« Wall Street 
banking , sponsorship for the. Fox 
stock was : engaged In an effort to 
clear itself of a speculative follow- 
ing. In this connection stories are 
afloat downtown which seek to iden- 
tify the sponsorship : of Fox as one 
of the biggest Interests— indeed the 
very biggest— In the financial dis- 
trict. 

Customers' room gossip has it that 
this concern does not want a public 
following of trailers, and, from time 
to time will maneuver to shake it 
off. Meantime a large part of the 
stock has been .taken out of the 
' market a.nd . the floating supply so 
reduced that only Ihirior buying has 
a disproportioniate* effect. 

Stanley at 50 
Staiiley, which sOld above 90 be- 
fore the . distribution of stock last 
year, climaxed its progressive de- 
cline last week,, selling around 47, 
but promptly rallying to better than. 
BO. .. The bottom was reached just 
.before the announcement of the in- 
come statement for 1927, showing 
dividends just earned but net not 



appreoiably .aboVc the showing of 
1926, ■ Recovery was bai?ed on belief 
the worst was known and had^ been 
•.discoiinted. 

. This was only one of:a number of 
financial Btatements; made by . film 
and theatre concerns. Most impor- 
tant was the unbitflcial .'forecast of. 
Paraniouiit's 1927' net, plaeinjf it at 
the rute of between $12 and $13 a 
share of common. The Street hail 
been led to expect something better. 
.'What particularly .thi'ew cold water 
on enthusiasm was the ligure Of 
around. $3.75 for the Sei>t-Jari period; 
This and the feeling that pool hold- 
ings had been reduced, put the issue 
iii . a highly unfavorable light to 
ticker followers. 

Loew Operation 

The explanation of . Loew's sud-. 
den upturn, during a session when 
prices were falling all around, was 
that that infornfiatlon had been al- 
lowed to leak from inside, tending 
to show that appreciation of .rea;i. 
Estate holdinigs would , make a bril- 
liant showing' on reappraisal. That 
explanation sounded' weak, as it 
had been called, to attention m&,ny. 
times In the past. It Isn't reason- 
able to. believe that rising real es- 
tate values over a 15-year period 
covld . result In .a sudden wave of 
buying some Wednesday morning. 
The fact that the move started dur- 
ing a ..generally weak market was 
the best Indication that It was a 
deliberiate operation. When the iip- 
turn halted on the old point of re- 
sistance, the conclusion was obvious 
that It was with the consent, if not 
with the co-operation, of the oplerat- 
Ing clique. . 

Stanley showed net profit of $3,- 
235,337 for 1927, compared with $3,- 
148,809 In 19?6. For- the same pe- 
riods the gross was $37,060,000 con^- 
pared to $22,909,000, an excess for 
1927 of nearly $15,000,000, Indicat- 
ing either ehormouisly Increased op- 
erating cost or, as likely, important 
expansion. 

Shubert Theatres reported net of 
$630,626 for the six months up to 
.Jari, 1, eqtaal to $3.75 a, share of 
common, comjpared With a net per 
share Of $4.03 for the same period 
of the preceding year. This, of 
course. Was sufficient explanation 
for the dip from 75 to yesterday's 
price of 64%, and also for the in 
spired: upswing of a couple of 
months ago? 



Summary o£ tra.ding for the week ending .Saturdsiy, Janu-n'o- 28: 

STOCK EXCHANGE 



-1928- 



40% . 
100 
lOG 

88.'/4 : 

26v'.l 
2(i 

24'.;. 

lOii. 
117?A 
18',4 

■ eiiHi 
--90?4- 
2f.',4. 



IjOW. 

30'i: 

82 

. n? • 

mi 
ni'i 

2% 
OT) 

22 



5. 
. U4' 
22 
10 
10% 



101 
10814 

M 

81 Mj, 
102 



Sal<»9. I&sue and rSite, Hlgi). 

2,]00 American .Seat (4) ,. 40\<> 

5,200 Easl'mnn Kodak (8) . . ^ 109 

,600 Fir,st National 1st pr<?f. (6)..... lOfi 

40,'COO .Pox Film clas.s A (4) RS'i 

' 17r>,200 Loew's, Inc. \3) ; 03'k 

0. 600 MadL-jon Square Garden dv.i.... 20'; 
1,000 Mctro-Goldwyn \st pref. U.S'J).. 2i; 

■ 1,400 Motion Plct. Cap. 8','. 

1. nOO Orphcum 21'" 

000 Orpheum, pro.f 102 ' 

4r>.iH)0 Par.-Fam.-UisUy (10)....;...... nr. 

10,1)00 Pathc ExclmnKO class A.. 17% 

4,R()0 Patlie Com.. 4 

4.800 ^hu^c^tC5) •. «7% 

440... J.Inl.vf real Pict^rrs Jlat prei". (81. 07'- 
8,900 Warner Bros, clas.s X'. . ; . .~r. ."."T"" 2ri~""' 

CURB 

."JOO Film In.sp. .Mach. ....... i....... B 

10<) U. W. Grifdth... . Vi 

8.200 Fox Theatrps:. 21% 

l.aoo I>new deb. ri.s 10. 

2,000 Warner 13ra.s. n..., 15% 

BONpS 

tS'l.OOO Keith Ga (Slov-k Hx.'l):uiffe>-.,. .lOO'^ 

iJiO.OOO Locw'.s Os (.Sioi.'k Kxi'hiti)i{f>);,.-. lOK'-. 

■32,000 Shubert (l.s. . 0;j'A 

02,000 IMthe 7k «0% 

100,000 Warner. :Br.>s. tl'.-f:,- 1,023 (Ciifl)). 101 ^-i 

Tjocw bonds ex warrjuils Siilil $S3,0<K>, 101, lOtl'i, lOO'.i:, net off, 

ISSUES IN OTHER MARKETS 
AM Quoted for Monday 
Over the Counter 
New York 

Qimtoil in Itiil and Asked 







Net 


l.,ow. 


Lajrt. 


Chg.' 




391.4 


- Va 




104% 


- •'^ 


100 


106 


+ % 


84 . 


84% 


- 1'.^: 


r,7'.i 


C1% 


-1-3% 


2i^« 


2r.% 


+ '/A 




20 




7',v: 


8V4 




23 


24'/i 


+ Vi 


301 


101 


+ni 


l^•2V^. 


113% 


+ % 


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-3% 


2-r, 


31/4 


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4 

19% 
12',4 
13 



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lOOVi 

92% 

80 
'• »5?8 



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1'.4 

J2'/4 

14 '.4 



99',4 
107 
ft2% 
80 



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l»/6 

14% 



99'/i 
107% 
1)3 
8(M4 
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.i TPi hiili'uNir- 



GOLDBERG PANNED BY 
SCREEN WRITERS' GUILD 



Articfe in Society's Bulletin- 
Recites Complaints of Writers 
for Indie Producer 



« * • » • 



Lios Angele$, Jan. 31. 
£i>creiph Writer.<3 Guild does not 
take kindly to the tactics of Jesse 

J. Goldberg, Independent film pro- 
ducer, in his busine.ss relations 
with its members. Several com- 
plaints have been' made regarding 
transactions^ had. with this producer, 
who is al.so known as Jiime.s 
Ormont. 

Specific complaints are being 
primed this week in the .Scret?h 
Writers "Bulletin;" officifil organ of 
the Guild, which carries the follow- 
ing article: 

"Jesse J. Goldberg, Producer 
. - "Jesse J.. Goldberg produces fo<: 
First Division Pictures, Inc., and 
directs i>s James Ormorit, also 
accepting screen credit for au- 
thorship, on his production^ as 
.William Gilbert. 

"Goldberg engaged Ruth Todd 
to write the adaptation and. con - ' 
tinuity of a picture to be called 
'Comrades.' MIss*^ Todd's, agi-ee- 
ment called for payment of one 
.sum for adaptation and conr 
tinuity, and another sum, two- 
thirds as large, as a bonus If the 
picture was made for less than a " 
stipulated production cost. 

"Miss Todd's understanding was 
that Goldberg's financial backers 
would not approve the amount 
unless payment Were handled in . 
this mariner, and that the .picture 
would certainly be made under 
the bonus deadline, and that She 
would receive all the money , men- 
tioned In her agreement. But the 
picture, unfortunately," ran past 
the bonus amount and she re- 
ceived only the flat price men- 
tioned In the agreenient. Story 
was credited to .'William Gilbert 
but only part of the price she 
expected was credited to .Riith 
Todd. 

"Goldberg: engaged Arthur 
Qregor to. do a etory and con- 
tinuity for , an . advertised title, 
/Polly of the Movies.' Gregor . 
wrote four stories, the last of 
which was sufficiently acceptable 
to proihpt Mr. Goldberg to Issue 
. checks covering half payment of 
the price agreed upon for story 
and continuity. One of these 
checks was dishonored by the 
bank (Miss Todd had the s.'^me 
experience)* but later made good. 

"Then Goldberg, quarrelled with 
Gregor and took leg^l ; action to 
force Gregor to return the money 
he had received, attachirig money 
due Gregor at another studio and 
attaching Gregor's bank account. 

"The net result of Gregor's em- 
ployment Is that Goldberg had . 
four stories and a script, made a 
picture based on one of the 
stories, paid half the price agreed 
upon and forced Gregor to spend 
money for legal aid to keep the 
other half. Goldberg also 
claimed, as due him for this 
money— ^fter . demanding that 
Gregor return It— another story 
written by Gregor and sold to 
one of the larger studios. This 
claim was withdrawn by Gold- 
berg when the studio refused to 
attach any Importance to it. 
Goldberg has also annoyed Gregor 
"In-other-ways^-^ — -^^ 

"Jean Plannette and George 
Dromgold, as. a team,- agreed , to 
write, flcenarlze and title a pro- 
duction for Goldberg/ payriients 
to be made on account as the 
work progressed to staled, de- 
grees of completion. They de- 
livered an accepted .story and 
script and received their money, 
partly in checks, dishonored- and 
later made : good, up to a iinal 
$100 claimed by Dromgold. Gold- 
berg now refuses to pay this $100, 
and has Informed Dromgold that 
his attorney, Is .lender instructions 
to proceed lega.lly against .Drom 
gold for the return of the money 
he has already : received. 

"It is obvious that ihese writ- 
ers have profited more In experi- 
ence than In cash as a result 
of their employment by Josso . .T, 
rjoldberg." 



8,27;") aiaiile.v .\iiii'rl'';i , 0J% 

; Chicago ■ 

».,, llH',!il>.nn *■ Iv.n;: , 

St. Louis 

iMIiiiurirs Urc-i. . , „ 

Los Angeles 

•.in!) iiii' n<'!i"lii In.'. . 2-1 

Boston . 

KKI Loew's 8 



61 U 

a 



- F. R. JONES' COMiffllES 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
F. Richard Jone.s; formerly su- 
pervisor of the Hal Roach come- 
dies and later director of Dougla.s 
Fairbanks In "The Gaucho," is ne- 
gotiating with Pathe to produce 
two-r6eI and feature comedie.'^, to 
l oplace the contract held by Mai'k 
I svnnott. 



IN BETWEEN FINDS HOUYWOOD 
STUDIO S 50% DND ERKOigHAL 

5,000 Studio Employes Idle— Preparing for New 
Programs--How Producers Are Now Working 
—Fox Is Busiest, but Still at Two-Thirds Normal 



Critic 'S Xmas Gross Gone 



• A New York evening tab- 
loid film reviewer (lemme) 
lost, an exceptionally large haul 
of Xmas graft through ah' at- 
tempted display pC importance. 
The girl lilm. scribe, who also 
does sornc radio work for the 
tab, got an exceptionally large 
.gross from, both sources, . She 
docided to pile it all into a 
taxicab and ni.tke a crui.se to 
Broadw^ay for the pui-pose, in 
turn, of dropping off a little 
token- to the girls connected 
with the Broadway- picture 
houses. 

The fii'st Stop-off, at the 
. Capitol, to .see Bessie .Mack, 
the revieweress took her little 
bundle with her; into the the-, 
atre building, leaving ; the cab 
waiting for her with its tOh- 
neau full of the gross. 

When she cariie down to the 
street again, taxi, Xmas pres- 
ents and all were gone.. And 
not traced to date. , 



CHRISTIE'S 42 COMEDIES 
FOR PAR NEXT SEASON 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Charles Christie, business head of 
Christie .Studios, leaves for New 
York ].i?eb, 15 to confer with Para- 
mount ofllclaLs on the schedule o? 
Christie co. .edies for next season. 
Christie produced 30 two-reel come- 
dies for Par. distrljjution this sea- 
son, and ■will probably increase thi.«i 
number to 42 for next season, mak- 
ing adidltional comedies to takW 
the plaoe of the Edward. .Hortoh 
series of six made by the Haroirt 
Lloyd organization last summer. 

The Christie cohtracf for iPara- 
motmt distr'bution ' covers thres 
years and also provides for. Chris- 
tie to produce One special feattire 
comedy each year. "Tillio's Punc - 
tured Romance" I9 the season's 
special, with nothing definite ^ct 
for next season's feature. 



WARNERS' NEW OFFICE 

(General Offices Shortly Moving to 
Wefit 45th Street in New Building 



Without announcement, Warner 
Brothers have. erected a building on. 
We.st ■ 4.5th street, next door to the 
Martin Beck theatre, just west of 
8th avenue, for their general of- 
fices. ' ' 

Removal will occur the later part 
of this month. 

The building Is of six or seven 
stories, with some space rentable to 
outsider.'^. 



STANLEY CO. CHANGES 



(Continued from page 5) 

some of the Stanley crowd thoiight 
Boyd shotild give First National far 
the best of it on picture purcha.ses. 
Boyd declared to the contrary, saiy- 
Ing he was buying of Paramount 
as needed and- a;t a. fair price. Be- 
sides which Boyd pointed out that 
Adolph Zukor had been gerterous 
In advancing money to Stanley when 
the latter needed It, and all of that 
money had not yet been repaid. 

That subject grew so serious from 
accounts, that Zukor and John Mc- 
G u irk woi'e drawn into it. McGuirk 
is said to have stated he was pow- 
erlops in his position as president of 
the Stanley company, through the 
authority of the exefUtive coun<-il 
prevailing. . 

Boyd, looked upon as one Of : the 
best-^filni'=;buy€rs^in^=.t-h^>=:-Go.u'nti2y,=ia: 
reported to have tenclered his resig- 
nation or threatened to. From ac- 
counts, if he did so", it was tfiblcd. 
It Is said Boyd, very wealthy and 
the owner of much r.oal estate tvith 
confj.id -Table in the Times Square 
section, received several offers from 
large chains when the Stanley fu.s.s. 
hernmo known. 



LQS. Angelc's, Jan. -.lil...' 
: "While- -preparing for ,. th<3- '.'2.S -'29 ■ 
program of. production, coast .Stu- 
dios are working 50 per cont bi'iOw 
normal, with approxlmutoiy fj.OOO 
regular studio employees idle. 
. Activity at the coast studios' is 
as follows: ; > 

.United Artists, two comiiuniea 
working where four is novnial. 
M-G-M, two with six normal. 
First National, .six with eight nor- 
mal. 

Pathc-DoMille,. five against oight 
normal. 

Wdrner, dark since, Now Year's, 
one company making. Vitaphone 
records, as against five feature 
companies normaliy. 

Universal is making a grand.'<tahd 
play to clean up all productions in 
preparation and- working eight com- 
panies, against the same number 
normally. . - 

Hal Roach, anticipating to close 
two months ahead\of it's annual va- 
cation, working to .capa.oity with 
three short comedy cotnpanies. 

FBO, two cortipianies actually 
shooting, against six . normally.. . 

Fox, considcried the busiest studio 
oh the coast at this time, wotking 
eight features and three comedies, 
a;gainst a total of twelve, normal. 

Metropolitan, rental studio when 
Path e .c^n spare Itj. two companies 
working; with facilities for six. 

Christie working to capacity with, 
two companies, hoping to complete 
its Paramount '27 -'28 program In 
time to close .the studio at the usual 
vacation time. . 

. Tiffany - Stahl, two . companies 
working, with facilities and aim for 
a normal condition of six. 

Educational, preparing to clean 
up on last year's product, with but 
two companies working where five 
Is normal. 

Paramount, four companies work- 
ing, with facilities for eight normal. 

Aside from the leasing studios. 
Including Tec- Art, California and 
Poverty Row, there Is very little 
doing in production. 



Warners' Studio Fire 
Loss of $100,000 Insured 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Estimated damage amounting to 
$iOO,000 was done . to ^ "Warner 
Brothers studio when a blaze 
started on one of the stages, setting 
fire to a whole block of sets. Loss 
Is covered by Insurance. 

The fire is belieyed to have been 
frorn the sparks of a trash burner 
on ah . djacent lot. The fire de- 
partment soon had it under control, 
with a few firemen and studio em- 
ployees slightly :Injured by falling 
timbers. 

Film laboratories containing val- 
uable products _^e.scaped Injury 
through orforts of studio employeeSj 
who immediately poured -water over 
the roofs of the b.uilding. 

The film library and "Vitaphone 
laboratory also escaped damage. 

As "the studio had been clo.sod for 
three week.s no financial production 
'loss wa .s -inc u r red -■■ - L ■ ^ .^1, 



Par» Starting 5 

Lbs Angeles; Jan. 31. 

"With 52 features to be made this 
year Paramount will start five pro- 
ductions within the next 10 days. 

Stories in preparation are "She 
Wouldn't Say No," .featuring Biebe 
Daniels, to bo directed by Clarence 
Badger; "Ladies of the Mob," feat- 
uring Clara Bow, with "Wllliani 
Wellman directing; "When Ro- 
mance Ridieg," Zane Grey western 
directed by John Waters; "Three 
Sinners," featuring Ppla .Negri, 
-vyith Rowland "V. Lee directing, and 
"Easy Come, Easy Go,", featuring 
Richard Dix with Frank Tuttle di- 
recting. 



F. N. Heads West 

Clifl'ord 10, Hawley, prcsidcnt~of 
First National, with R. A. Rowland 
and Jerome. Bcatty will reach the 
coast in February to confer with 
Watterson , Rothackcr and Al 
Rockett, First National studio 
hea:ds. 

It w*ill be on the -layout of next 
."oapoii's pro.J?ram. 



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Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PICTURES 



VARIETY 



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EXTRAS' HIGH DAILY AVERAGE IN '27, 
$8.59: 330.397 PLACEMENTS FOR 35,000 



iTwice as Many Women Registered With Gentral 
Casting Agency in Hollywood as Men, but Twice 
as Many Jobs iF-or Men as Womene— David Alleh^ 
Mental Wonder, in Charge of Agency— Only Two 
Complaints Last Year on Miscasting-^More Col- 
ored People in Demand 



IjOs Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Members of the Association of 
Motion picture Producers -who ob- 
tain their extra talent tlirough the 
Central. Casting Corporation paid ia 
' total of 12,838,136 for the services 
of men, \yomen and children, given 
330.397 job.s during 1927. Of tlii.«? 
. amount $1,453,036 was. disbursed be-' 

tween July 1 and Dec. 31. 

As the people were paid for over- 
. time the average, daily wage eai*ned 
during the year was $8.!3(f. .For the 
first six liionths the daily earnings 
iaveragcd $8.18 and likewise for the 
last six months without the.over- 

' time ailowahces. The dally wage 

. paid ran from $3 to $26. according 

.., to thd work required. 

In the ctlsting ofllce are three 

' times the number of women rcgis- 

; tered for employment over men, 

'. whil^ there were twice as many 
jobs for the men during the year 

, 9,8 for the women. 

' . This ollice h.'is. been operated for 
two yeai-s under the general man- 
agement of Dave Allen. Prior to 
taking the position he operated the 
biggest casting employment agency 
for extras on the Coast. Thoujph 

' there are some 35,000 people rcgis-^ 
tered. for employment with the, C6n- 

.! 'ti'al ofllce, Allen appears to be per- 

.'"sonally acciuainted with about 90 

' per cent, of them. This is brought 
out through the fact that only two 

, 'complaints were made by directors 
that they had not gotten the exact 
types called for. In both' instances 
a, check up made by Fred W. Beet- 
son, president of the Central Cast- 
ing. Corporation, revealed that the 
people complained about by the di- 
rectors had been on a studio request 
list, and though the Central ollice 
knew that they Were not the exiict 

. types desired, simply followed in- 
struction. 

Allen's ^ Tctentlvo » memory has 
proven a" great time as well as 
money saver as the Central offlce 
during the year expended an aver- 
age of 32 cents a head in the place- 
ment" of adults, and 55 cents with 
children, 'J'he latter ropresented 
only four per cent, of the place- 
ments oh the y.car.. The State of 
California which operates it.s only 
free employment bureau during the 
same year with an organization that 

. has been intact for nine years ex- 
pended an av erage of 46 cents a per- 
son in securing job.s. 

The expense of placing people , in 
positions is borne by the members 
of the Producers' Association who 
■ pay 5 five per cent, of the total daily 
"wag^ received by the actor for this 
■ work. Thi.s money is independent 
of the actor'ij pay as the latter re- 

■ ccivos. the^ net amouiVt he ..is en- 
giigx-d fori' Tt "actually cost the pro- 
ducers $141,906 during the year to 
operate the Central office. . Th the 
past the actors were compelled to 
pay agents from 7M: to 10 per cent, 
of their salary for securing employ- 
ment; 

226,345 Jobs 

During the year there were 220,- 
845 jobs .'for men with 103,015 of 
these placemorit.s paying $7.50 a.day. 
Though one would expect thftre 
.would be. an^ abundance of people 
used at $3 a dny, only 2,429 place- 
. ments of mon W'ere made at this 
figure. For the $5 paycljock 37,078 
men signed, while : 59,793 got work 
at $10 a day, most of. theni wearing 
dress clot he.'^. and 8,353 found $12.50 
checks awaiting them at the end of 
the day for being in the better 
dressed class or plnying bits. 

In the $15 division almost 500 
more fn.und enjployment for l)its 
:_.,5ritii_-JLC.tlMl!lj^ 

sized check w^hile 862 men found 
employment doing, small p.'irls for 
sums ranging over $15. and not ex- 
ceeding $25 a day. 
^ In the womeii'i^ divl.sion 44.74 per 

>^ eent. of the placements or 43,800 
were given employment at the $7.50 
per diem rate. Ten dollar cherk.i 
were drawn by 31,004, while 866 got 
IS slips, and 16,595 drew $5 checks. 
Only one-fourth of the amount of 



work was given women at the 
$12.50 and $16 rates as was given 
men. For the former figure 2,086 
Worlced and at the latter. 2,976. Be- 
tween $15 and $25 daily employment 
was given to 221 females. 

$5 Daily for Kids 

There were 7,070 days' work for 
boys and 5,074 for girls. Almost 
54 per cent, of the jobs given the 
boys Averc at the $5 rate, wliile 
nearly 61 per cent, of tliat given 
girls was at the same rate. A total 
of ., ,$46,428 -^vas paid out to boys 
working' in pictures and $31,7^5 to 
girls during the year. 

Besides paying these kiddies sal- 
ary the studios had extra • ex- 
pense. Thiey all maintain school 
rooms and teachers for the young- 
sters wliile the latter are on the 
lots. This item alone runs the 
studious better than $50,000 a.year, 
which signifies tliat the kids per 
capita cost more to enaploy than the 
adults. 

. On the year a total- of $i,.S23,265 
was paid to the men employed, 
while the women drew a^n aggregate 
of $801,747.50. 

The uverifge daily placeinent of 
men during the year was 60;'. and 
tha,t . of women 209, W'ith children 
averaging 33, or a total avbrixge of 
905 daily placements. 

Not Steady 

That figure alone might lead 
people to believe that work was 
steady for these p'eople all around. 
Only 55 women averaged two and 
one-half days or more a week , dur- 
ing the 62 weeks of the year. Also 
but 12 women of this numbei* hit 
the two. and one-half average; 23 
the three-day-a-week average; 13 
three-and-one-haif days a week; 
five, four days; one, four and one- 
half days, and one, five, days a week 
on the year. 

Extensive and Expensive . Clothes 

Eighty-four per cent, of those to 
find this amount of employment are 
listed in the casting ofTicf as dress 
women, who have an extensive a-s 
well as expensive wardrobe. 

In tlie male division a total of 135 
averaged three days or more a week 
during the year. In figuring out 
the way they , worked, 74 worked 
three day.5 each week during the 
year; 40 got three and one-half 
days; 13, four dfiys, and four, four 
and one-half days, with the .«ame- 
number getting five days each Aveek, 
Of this number 66 per cent, are 
classified in the dress group. 

Of the placements made 23,76.T 
were given to veterans of the World 
^\'^ar with the total wages to this 
group amounting to $158,499. 

Unusual dfmand diu'ing tlie year 
for colored extras, of whom 3,7.'i4 
obtained placoment,- and e.arned 
$30.0.16 during the year. 
' — As^ many— extras - are- always 
0-h;\.nging tlieir phone numbers or 
home addresses it is the duty of the 
l)hone operators in the central of- 
fice to list these cliangcs. During 
the year 4,943 changed numbers 
one, two, or three times. 

The. phone in the; casting office Ls 
iised <»xclusivcly for placing tiie 
pet>ple in . employment. Tiiere i.s 
no waiting line in. the ofiflce each 
night or morning, 'the people phoiiu 
in. twice a day and ask if there is 
anything for them. Pf there is and 
they halve not called,, the central 
office cail.s thorn. The av-ej>rrj?e 
daily calls made during the year by 
the central offloe notifying people 
of jobs wore 493, while 803 mad(* 
calls each day during. Xhe Jnisifst 
hours to inquire whether tlhore-was 
•work for them. 



N. Y/s Last Caster 



: J. I'rancis O'Reilley, the last 
Of the picture casting agents, 
formerly numerous around the ; 
Squc^re, has converted his of- 
fices' into a dancing school. 

O'Reilley teach es the', fan - 
dango to children's classes; 



HERCULES' 4 SPECIALS 



tios Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Hercules P'roductions, of which 
Peter . Kanellos is president, will 
make four special productions this 
year. 

Its first is "The Little Wild Girl," 
from the story by Putnam Hoover 
with a cast including Lila Lee, 
Cullen Landis, Frank Merrill, Shel- 
don Lewis and Jimmy Aubrey. 

Others are -'Shadows of the 
Night," from a story by Shelley 
Carpenter; "Sally b' the South 
Seas," Hawaiian story by Gfordoh 
Elombly, and "Broken Hearts," from 
a story, by Louella Sorrel, who Is 
said to be a newspaper woman on 
the coast usingr a nom de plume.. 



Writers for T-S' 5 

Los Angeles, Jan. 1. 
Raymond L. Schrock is supervis- 
ing .story development for five pic- 
tures to be put In production by 
T.ffany-Stahl during the next six 
wtseks. 

John F. NiELtteford is WTlting con- 
tinuity for "Deliai-osa," >vhich Ar- 
thur Gregor will direct. Phil Lon- 
egan is ' preparing "Green Grass 
Widows"; Harry Ditmar has adap- 
tation and continuity assignment 
fur the next Jack London story; 
Ben G..Kohn is making story treat- 
ment for "Ladies of the Night 
Glub"; , ajid Ethel Jamieson is 
writing the story for "Lingerie." 



Incandescent Lighting for 
Films Now Demonstrating 

Los Angele.s, Jan. 31., 
Demonstrations of incande.scent 
lighting applicable to pictures are 
being conducted twice weekly, at 
Warnei* studios under auspices of 
the academy,; under the direction of 
the Technician.s' branch, . in. co- 
operation, with the Society of Cihe- 
matographers and the Producers' 
association. 

Cameranien skilled in the use of 
mazd.a lights for film \vork are in 
charge of the- denionstrations, open 
to all cameramiefn, laboratory, work- 
ers,., art .dij-cctors and technicians. 
The Warner studios are being used 
as little production Is now going, 
on at that plant. 

The first night of demonstrations 
folind nearly 150 present, with the 
following nights getting attend- 
ances of over 200. The expcrlment.s 
are . creating widespread interest 
among cameramen and others. 

The. final week of denionstrutions 
will take place week of April 2, 
prior to the. convention of the So- 
ciety of Motion Picture Kngineers 
vvhich will be held this year oh the 
coast. 



GONSIDINE'S 5-YR. CONTRACT 

Log Angeles, Jan. 31, 
John W. Considine has signed a 
five-year contract with United 
Artist.s to function as general m.-.n 
ager of their Art Cinema produc- 
tions. 



SENNEH'S SHUT 
DOWN COSTS 




Everybody Out but 2 Ac* 
tors and Writer— $400^ 
000 Tied Up in Feature 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Mack Sennett has practically 
stopped making pictures for some 
time to come. He has rid himself 
of his. entire executive, acting, di- 
rectorial and technical organization 
with tliree 'exceptions: j'-*!^'^'^? 
Biu-ke, .Sally Kilersi players, and. a 
writer, . . 

fciennotl. It is said, be;-ildo.s losing 
his Pathe releasing contract has 
around $400,000 invested in a feat- 
lu-e. length pict'iire, , "The ; G oodby e 
Kiss," for which he lias not as yet 
made releasing arrangements. 

John A. Waldron, Sennett vice-- 
president and general manager; is 
said to be . prepared to leave the 
company until Sennett requires his 
services, as is Lee lluganin, busl- 
ne.s.s manager ior tliie producer. 

About 300 people came off the 
payroU when Sennett decided to 
shut down. 



PARAMOUNrS M HIOGRAM 
OF 70 PKTURES-ZO SPECIALS 



Pathe Losing 3 Directors 

Los Angeles, Jan. 81. 

Three directors, according to re- 
ports, arei going to leave Pathe- 
DeMUle shortly upon tlie expiration 
of their contracts.. 

They are Paul Sloane, William 
K. Howard, and Rupert. Julian. The 
latter and Eric von Strohelm until 
last week were negotiating to re- 
turn to Universal, but as that 
studio will close in a few more 
weeks for at least a six-weeks pe- 
riod, all negotiations were called 
off until the studio is iagain in op? 
eration. 



Par Directors' Jobs 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. . 

New assignments at Paramount 
include Frank Tuttle to direct Rich- 
ard Dix in "Easy Come, Easy Go"; 
Gregory La Cava to direct the next 
Esther Ralston plctux-e; Harry 
D'Arrast to direct Florence Vidor in 
"The Paris -Buyer"; Wallace Beery 
and Raymond Hatton will appear In 
"fJreat Guns" with Frank Strayer. 
fit the megaphone. 

Tuttle will also direct Clara Bow 
in "Private Pettigrew's Girl." 



CAREWE EAST FOR STORIES 

: ! Los Angejes, Jan, giU 

kJwin Carewe, ^U. A. producer- 
director, is en route to New York 
to complete negotifftion.'^ for Lh'- 
purchase of four stories to f^Ua- 
Dolores Del Rio during, tlie- current 
year. He will remain ea.'^t about six 
weeks.. 

Lewis Jerome, Carewe's business 
manager, and Harry D. Wilson, 
press representative, ' are in the 
party. 



TIFFAIJY'S COIiORS ON COAST 

■ Los Angeles, Jan.. 81. 

Tiff .my Color Classics started Its 
first production on the coast with 
Hans Reinliardt directing, It will 
be known as "Souvenirs" and has 
Anna May Wong, Joyzelle . Joyrter, 
Ksther Garcia and Harold Miller in 
the cast. ' ■ ' 

These subject.«! were formerly 
niade in New York for Tiffany- 
S:ahl rele.'ise. 



S-F 5,000.SEATER IN N. J. 

In the present building plan of the 
new Journal Square theatre in 
Journal, Square, Jersey City, by the 
Stanley-Fabian Corp.'s chain of 65 
in New Jersey, the S.-F. interests 
{;re gi)ing in stronger for the larger 
."^(•fitintr capacity as evidenced by the 
.r.- S. seating 6,000. 



' ~ . 'Los~"Angcies. Jan. "317" " 
P,'ithe-De Millo Is prei-Jn ing "Tlif 
H>-art of Katy O'Donn-" foi Vera. 
i'vfynold.M. 
/J'ay Garnet is writing the storj*. 



Stories 85% Selected-^Largest Number of Specials 
Ever Listed by Par.^Jesse L. Lasky in New 
York — Sales Conventions End of April 



FBO's 3d Vice on Lot 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
With Charles E. Sullivan elected, 
vice-president of FBO at a meeting 
held in NoW York, that organiza- 
tion now has three vice-presidents 
in its coast studio. Others are 
William LeBaron and Edwin C. 
King. . 

Sullivan in the past was studio 
contact man for the New York office. 
In the future he will function as 
business manager on the lot, work 
which King formerly performed. 

King is. to be in charge of the 
physical and technical production, 
while IjcBaron will be in charge of 
production, handling of directors 
and writers and passing on atorie.s. 

The latter returned here from 
New York this week. 



Need Stories for Team 

Los Ang'-les, Jan. SI. 

M-G-M has not yet decided 
whether they will re-sign Aileeh 
Pringle for a new series which 
would team her with Lew Cody. 
The company offered a contract 
calling for $1,000 weekly for 20 
W£^ka 'offt^of ■; 28."Witir c 
beyond a week {<) we.ek ba.«iis and 
two weeks' notice to be given her 
at any time the company wishes to 
discontinue. 

Miss . Pringle is said to have ac- 
cepted the proposition, with the 
company holding the deal in abeyr 
ance until certain that the team of 
Cody and Pringle can. be supplied 
with suitable stories. 



r 



Syracuse House Goes Prc&entation 

. . . Sy racu.se. N. Y., Jan. 31. 
Loow's new picture house opens 
here Feb.; 18 w-^ifh a. Lo.e>w-PubUx 
stage unit, "Fan Flirts." 



PATHE PROGRAM CONFERENCE 

Los Angeles, Jan, SI. 

Willi.'ini Sistrom, manager for De 
Mille-Pathe studios, Is on route to 
New York for a two-day conference 
with J. J. Murdoek .find" John- CI.. 
Flynn on outline of next year.'s pro- 
duction. The program was corxipiled 
at a studio confe.rr-nce between De 
Mille, Sistrom, Tcinier Pear.son {ind 
Flinn, but the latter had to leave 
before <-onii)lel ed. . 

Pf-?i,rsi)M will r<'":;i.iM lif-re until 

ANOTHER VITA SKETCH . 

Lo.s Ang'-l'-.". Jan. 
liry,'i.ii . 3 'oy is- directing a iiew 
Vitai)hone f:l.eteh with May Mc- 
Avoy,. T'viehard Carlo ,and Nealy I'M-, 
wards. 

. It I.s '"Sunny California," co-writ- 
ten by TTngh Herbert . and Murrty 
Roth. 



.For the new season Paramount 
has settled upon a total of .70 full- 
length picture productions. Of these, 
20 will be in the special class, the 
largest number of specials ever con- 
templated by that organization. 
. Jesse L. Lasky, now In New York, 
stated that of the total of -70, about 
85 per cent had been settled upon, 
in the story way. He will leave for 
the coast in the course of 10 days. 

Laslcy docs not expect to again 
come cast until the Paramount sales 
conventions toward the latter end of 
April, next. These will take place, 
a.^ customary. In New York, Chi- 
cago and San Francisco.. 



German Director Leaves 
Fox for Paramount 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Ludwig Berger, Gennan director 
brought to this country by Fox, ha.n 
resigned, Without making a picture. 
He goes to J'aramount to work on 
"Koncert," by Herman IJehr. 
: If Berger develops "the pi<:turc 
vension to ../.'i.ss Inspection by Pura- 
nip'unt ofTlcial.s, lie will be given a 
contract to direct, with Kmil Jah- 
nings starred in-thc-^fllniv - — - - — . - - 

Pathe's New Progralh 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31, 
Elmer Pearson will remain on the 
coast until the end of February, 
completing the line up of next sea^ 
son's reiea.ses for Pathe De ltille. 

i?earsoii is laying out the program 
with Cecil De Mille and other: studio 
officials. 

lioth Leatrice Joy and Vera Rey- 
nolds, under contract to Pathe-De 
Mllle, have a number of months to 
go before the option . periods arrive 
on their contracts. 
.-. J.'^ach player will make at least 
ono-^MClun for tli-e eoinii.'ny before 
the options conic ii|i f'n ciL-'id'-r- 
.'itiun, 



LAURA'S "HUSBAND HUNT." 

st'ifjc'!- ill \i)!v( ii; tl.' I.'n'r.-t .Ti'ii- 
«-er-M:i .:iri.- ,\1'."." .v riter-ag';iit 
l. f.Ml ei.ntriiVf v.-ili. ii'ii }ie filiie'd 
!.\ rt;!v. i-.:;il a:^ LauK. I.a l'li::tt'S 
ni-AL.-. • 
■ l.ri.'t.-.j'1. ''nie ].I'.i.--b,..'Ml Il'r.t,." 
ori;^rnal. by . J l:.rr> 0- H-'.^'t. will he 
iii-'i'l.'^ liy t.hi .'■I'lr -^wlien she r'-turn^ 
CTiri! ;i v.'i.c a ti'.ri to 1 r'-.T <i!'.:lM. 
\V-r. :••> I'.ugalvi. >viU direct. 



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VARIETY 



p rc T U R E s 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



RUMORED DIFFERENCES ON PRODUCTION 
MAY SPLIT PATHE - DE MILLE FROM K-A 



J. J; Murddck^ for K-A, Reported Insistent Film Af- 
iiliattions Turn Out Lower Cost Product of Bet- 
ter Quality Than at Preseht— Hot Conferences 
Going Ori^Bankers Called Attention to Produc- 
tion Appiropriatipnahd Its Use 



been 
and 
split 



lT(?atfd conCei-en.cos liavo 
hi'Id . botweon Kefriv-Albee 
Pathe-I*. D. C. exooutiV'es, A 
r.i'.iy j^esult with K-A throwing its 
pK'ture afllliiiiiohs overboArd. . 
■ jjanking, interests >vhom the. Al- 
l3i»o . kroiip influenced , to finance 
rlithe . are 'pi'otesting as but half 
the. picture.^ required have been 
mudu on the nionoy appropriation 
luappod, .out for Patho." production 
■activities at' the . beginning o£ the 
season. If tlie program .is to be 
conii)lPteil the- liankers will have tO' 
procliice . more fiind.s,- it is 'said. 

In addition the K-A oxecutivf's 
have .evidently hoard from the 
bankers • \.'hom . they inler'e.sted. in 
Pathe.to the effect that they have 
learned, the money spent in produc- 
tion is not re.cpwrable. on .sales on 
aocDunt of. quality and iiniited out- 
Jet, these complaints being pa.ssed 
on. to Pal he by K-A.' 
; While Keith-Albee cannot be held 
legally for the money advanced to 
Pat he, the former foel.s partially re- 
sponsible on account of ' iiifluencing 
th e . fi na n cl n g 6 f th e . Pa t h e -P. D. C . 
afllliation, '; 

, Tlie KeithrAlbee people are. not 
saiisfied, it is said, witlv the typo, of 
picture production turned out by 
Pathe this ' eason, • feeling the .dif- 
.ference in receipts in Keith-Albee 
houses where ' Pathe pictures have 
bepn .shown. 

De Mille's Position 
Difficulties bietween Keith-Albee 
officials and Cecil B. De Miile have 
been . currer.t for some time past. 
■\Vith De Mille in a position where 
he is riot obliged to accept orders 
from Keith-Alboe these difllctilties 
have continued up to the .present 
■without change in conditions.- 

It ■ is . reported K-A liad an of- 
flcial working with De Mille, who 
was 'dismissed for trying to. show- 
De Mille how to. make pictures. 

During the conferences held in 
the past week it has been proposed 
that a .repre.sentative of the K-A 
iiind banking interests be appointed 
to advise. De Mille on type of pic- 
ture wanted and to hold down costs, 
thiR' executive to be paid by Patlie 
and kept independent of De. Mille 
for salary and position. 

• It Is doubtful whether De Mille 
wiM accept the plan. Several Pftthe 
men are being considered for the 
precarious job. 

Murdock's Stand 
On the K-A side the chief stickler 
fo;- low cost productions of a qual- 
ity 10 at least draw back their pro- 
d'.!clion inve.vtments through the- 
, al. e oiroulatlon .la John J. MurdOck. 
Though Murdock is president of 
Pathe, his show ipterosts are 
iiiainly . with K-A. • 

it is said' Murdook accepted the, 
Pathe presidential post! with the 
iinder.standing all Pathe-P. D. C.-De 
iviille product would -be made - at a 
. reasonable co.st, not to exceed Its 
p s.slble circulation's gross. 
{ This has not been done, from ac- 
counts, thrOugh Patho'fl limited area 
fill' feature frlms, with Murdock re- 
ported continuou.sly remonstrating, 
to the effe(?t ho would prefer to va- 
cate the presidency of Pathe,. rather, 
than to be continually at odds with 
it.s production division. 

Other, than the banking eonuec- 
tions, neither K-A nor K. F. Albee 
. or Murdock, K-A"s principal ex- 
ecutives, has any actual money in- 
vcsimept- of their own in any of the 
thn-e coniljincd picture concerns. 



Home Office Slogan 



An ex-manager of a chain 
theatre' .says the 'home ofljce 
idea is; - 

Good business, good show. 

Bad huslnep.s, bad manager. 



FOXES 5000-SEATER 
IN ATIANTA'S MOSQUE 

Atlanta, .Tan. 31. 

A, new mos.que to. serve a.s head- 
quarters for Taarab temple of tjie 
A. A.' O. N. Mi S., incluafng as its 
principal feature a theatre-audi- 
torium, seating 5,000, leased for 21 
years by. Fox, is to be erected at 
Peachtrce and Kimball streets, in 
the center of fashionable Atlanta. 

Thfc development, exclusive of the 
amount paid for the lot, will cost 
$2,000,000 and the auditorium-thea- 
tre will be the sweetest thing of- its 
kind in the south. 

The policy of the new theatre vv'lU 
include Fox i)ictures with the mat- 
ter of stage fare un.settled. 

■With Atlanta oversoated, the 
boys are trying to figure what a 
cut the new theatre will take out of 
the patronage of the downtovvn 
houses. The new theatre is. on the 
edge of the fashionable nortluside 
residential district and is only a 
few blocks from the Krlanger thea 
ti-e.; 



Salesmen's Officers 

Ni w Tork Film Salesmen (ass'n.) 
iia.-i I'lioseh for the ensuing year; 
l^ri'.«idcnt, fi. W- \Volf (Fox); first 
vice, (!us Solonian (F. N.) ;"2d vice, 
MatiJu'W ( 'ahari'; treasurer, .Saul 

sec, n. -Markowilz (TlollywoOdI ; 
linanciai i^n-., Jj. . Kappaport (Tlf- 
'J'hii.v) ; historian, Jack • Goldstein 
•( ( "ommonwfalth) ; .sergt-at-arms, 
,!ii.l.i'S J. : Ja.tpef '( Fducatlorial) ; 
■1 iir-vres— Frank 'Walsh (Fox),' Sol 
'J riil.e (lOdu;). ' 
. I Uiard - ,Joe Weinberg : (Big U), 
.1i 1- I'-idcv a'atiie), Richard Gl.bd- 
1 li. 'ii'(.,\). Jack lOllis ( l''HO). J.. 
\" ..,-l 'r M>a(lic), Bernard Scholf/, 

il S"ill>. 



Philadelphia, Jan. 31; 
An $11,000,000 picture theatre 
seating 5,000 is to be erected on the 
southwest corner of llth and Mar- 
ket streets by Fox. 
. The tran.saction has involve^ the 
acquisition by the Fox interests of 
one of the largest sites e^'er. assem 
bled for such a purpose, including a 
frontage of 248 feet on Market 
<5treet and a deptli of 176' feet on 
17th, extending to Ludlow street. 



Fight FUm, Ohio-Made, 

Is Finally Passed 

. Chicago, Jan. . 31. 
After prolonged legal controversy, 
showing of the Tunneyr-Dempsey 
fight pictures finally has been pe'"- 
mltted In Ohio. ' 

John 1/.: Clinton, state censor, had 
refused to review the iilriis on the 
grounds of illegal tran.sportatlon. 
The Midwest Film Exchange se- 
cured a mandamus and forced Clin- 
ton to review the picture, proving 
the print in. question had been made 
in Ohio. The film was pas.sed. 



Leatrice Joy's Change 

Lof^ Angeles, Jan. 31. 
On the expiration of her contract 
with De Mille March 1 , Leatrice' Joy, 
Pathe star, will sign with Inspira- 
tion for one picture to be released 
through United Artists in England. 

The story, by Flhls Fox, has been 
written. Fox will also direct .'pro- 
duction, which is scheduled to start 
in London early in June. 



JIMMY STARR AS ADVISOR 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. '. 
Jimmy Starr, who vsm known as 
the offlcial . lot jester for Warner 
Bro's., where he wrote titles in his 
spare moments, is now functioning 
as a gag nian ait First National. 

The balance of the time he is 
writing a series of airticles in the 
Los Angeles "Record" telling pro- 
ducers why they are right and 
wrong, 



UFA EXCHANGES IN 
EASTERN SECTION 



• The Brilliant Film C^orp. has been 
formed to distribute UFA films In 
the entire ca.stern district, headed 
by David. Brill, for the past year 
m.anager of the Tiffany Exchange at 
729 7th avenue. New Vork. Brill 
severed connections with the 'Tif- 
fany ofllces Jan. 28. . 

Tho new distributive channel for 
UFA has a contract signed by Brill 
for. five years. The contract al.so 
includes 26 .short .subjects. 

It. is th<j agreed plan of Brill; with 
"Wynne Jones, New York irepresent- 
ative .of UFA,, assenting, to estab- 
lish ex(!hanges in varlou.s .cit.ie.s. 

Joseph Stock has been named 
treasurer of the new distributing 
organization. ; 



Buenos Aires Studio 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Hollywood Argentine Film Com- 
pany, which will produce Tom Mix 
pictures In South America, .havi 
signed Edward Langley as art di- 
rector. Langley was witli Douglas 
Fairbanks in tho same capacity . for 
eight years. 

. Under his contract with tho 
South American company Lahglev 
will supervise construction of a 
studio to be biiilt in Buenos Ah'es. 
and will, leave New "!fork with the 
first group to go sou 111 'Feb. 18.' 



EXHIBITORS OPPOSED 
BEFORE TRIAL BOARD 



Matter of Protection on 'Glory' 
in Brooklyn— Fox Let Out 
as Defendant 



NHS ASTHER'S BASE CHANGE 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

M-G-M has purchased the unex- 
pired portion of United Artists' con- 
tract, with Nils Asther. 

He plays the lead in "Laugh, 
Clown, Laugh." for M-G-M. 



McCarthy on M-G-M Lot 

LOS Angelbs, Jan. 31. 

John McCarthy is back on the 
M-G-M lot; to direct the picture 
originally called "Women Love Dia- 
monds.':' A picture 'was made and 
released under that title last year. 

McCai thy and^ M-G-M temi>ora- 
rily parted company when the di- 
rector declined to play second fiddle 
to Robert Flaherty, who was sent to 
the.SouLli Seas to make a picture. 



JUNE COLLYER'S STATUS 

June Collyer was mentioned in 
Variety's i.ssue of Jan. 25 as Jxn M- 
G-M Player. 

She is with Fox and one of this 
■year''s Crop.s of Wampa.s. baby stars. 



CHICAGO'S HEAVY BREADLINE 
TELLS OF UNEMPLOYMENT 



Denny's English-Mades 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

During the shutdown at Universal 
City for February and March, Regi- 
nald Denny will go to London to 
make two pictures for British 
National^ 

Universal will release the pictures 
in America. . 



GERMAN TRIP OFF 

Lo.s Angeles, Jan; 31.. 

E2i*nest and Ei^Jward Laemmle and 
Willie Wyler,- Universal directors, 
who were'. tq^li^ tJy/3 week 

for New York to sail f Or " (jermaiTyr 
are not going. . . .. 

Carle- Laemmle has decided that 
they remain . here . to prepare, on 
future productions. 

It l.s likely that. German directors 
will turn, out the necessary pictures 
to. confoVni with the German quota; 



CHANEY IN "KONGO" 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
.M-G-M purchased the screen 
rights for "Kongo," stage play, and 
will make a picture , from it with 
Lon Chaney starred. 



Garewe's Crew's Return 

Los Angeles, Jan, 31. 
Edwin <~'arewe, .United Artists 
producer; . Lew Jcr()mi\ business 
manager, and litirry 1). .Wilson, 
press agent, will return from New 
York March 5, at whicli date pro- 
duction=^^pn^— T-he= — F^<»n r^^n^-viner 
Daughter" stal ling Dulorcs ])r>l- Rio, 
will begin. - 



Lang Bacl< With Columbia 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Walter Lang, director, rciturn.s to 
Coliunbia to make a piciure, 

Lang is under a term contract to 
Columbia. Ho was loaned ii> Jahics 
Ci'uze to dir(V't two i)|(liii:es for 
rallKj-Dc- .Mille release.- 



Many oiF Jobless of Higher Calibre . Than Usual- 
No Effect on Picture Houses Yet— Relieved Situ- 
ation During 1928 Looked For 



Williahi Morrow, oporatiii.i' ihe 
Heights theatre (Borough Hall) 
Brooklyn, N. Y., brought suit against 
Fox before the : joint arbitration, 
committee, from the T. G. C. C. and . 
New York Film Board of Trade, for 
alleged violation in protection of 
"What FriOe Glory ?" • : 

Fox, represented by Louiis Nizer, 
attorney, joined. A. S. Goldberg, at- 
torney-exhibitor, owner of the.(.Jold 
arid Borough Hall theatres, as. a 
co-defendant, claiming Goldberg was 
responsible for. any breach .proven 
agaihst .FOx. . 

Upon .Xlzer's statement to the 
board of the facts and Goldberg's 
assent, Fox was let out . of the ca.?e. 

This made Goldberg the direct de- 
fendaLnt and the hearing, cpntiiiued. 
Ai^ter arguments the boaid found in 
favor of the plaintiff and awarded 
Morrow $250 damages fpr one pic- 
ture. Thi.s means that Goldbi.'i g will 
be hcl(> " re.sporis.ible for all other; 
films played by hijn ,(.Gold,lierg) . 
ahead of. Morrow. • . 

The suit was treiiled as tin' ac-' 
tion of one exhibitor against an- 
other, Cioldberg represented hinir- 
self and Theodore Cooper looked 
after IMorrovv's interests. 

Goldber.ii's defense was. that, ac- 
cording to a booking, arrahgoment 
bctw'eeji .S'-orrow and himself, Gold- 
berg was permitted to jiTay .the pio- . 
ture ahead- of Morrow, despite tlie 
contract. . 

. Morrow argued that tlic booking 
arrangement had been ended by 
Goldberg and he had no ri.trhi to 
play "Glory" ahead, of him; 

Rudnick's Case Dismissed . 
An fip)>lication for an injunction 
a.t?iiinst Paramount .brought by M, 
Ilijjlnick; (T[^udy->Corpar,Atipn), heai d 
by the joint arbitration committee 
of the T. O, C. C: and the New. 'York 
Film Board of trade, was denied by 
the board. 

. Exhibitor Rudnick, by liis' at- 
torney, Han^y Schuman, claimed 
that he had bought p'l'oteetiori for 
his Mj rtle theatre over the Parthe- 
non at Myrtle and Woodbine .■streets, 
Brooklyn, and that Paramount was 
serving Keith's Madison ahead of 
him. 

The defense declared Keith's Mad- 
ison was farther away than th« 
Parthenon and could not. be in- 
cluded in the protection. 



IX>CAL NEWSREEL SHOTS 



Hand cameras are being 
supplied . for the convenience 
of all Universal theatres for 
the purpose of getting local or 
neighborhood Items, to add to 
the weekly newsreel. 



Roach May Take 30 

Day Rest in April 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Hal Roach'iB studios may close in 
April for the annual 30-dai.y vaca- 
tion. Instead of July as in former 
years.' 

The closing will take place earlier 
than pre'v'lously as Roach will be 
finished with this season's product 
by that time. 

■ Employees at Roach get half pay 
during the four-week vacation. 



Paramount Dull in Feb. 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31.. 
Paramount will not have moi-o 
than two productions in work dur- 
ing February. Starting on n^xt 
season's program around March 1, 
about 10 companies will be shooting 
at that tinie. 



ASS'T DIRECTOR ACTING 

■--G«orBe--Ellis,«-a-sfiistantv - 
with C. B. De Mille on "Tho Godless 
Girl," was . selected by De Mille to 
play a part In the picture and re- 
lieved of his assisting duties. 



Sedgwick's Year'6 Contract 

Los Angeles, Jan, 31, 
Edward Sedgwick,' M-G-M diroi - 
tor, whose contract expires with lu.« 
next picture. Buster Keaton comedy, 
has been signed for another year. 



Chicago, Jan. 31. 

Since Decemuer the Salvation 

Army has had a breadline in Chi- 
cago ranging from 200 to 600 per- 
sons daily. 

Statistics compiled by the Illinois 
Department of Labor show the pres- 
ent number of unemployed is greater 
that at any time since 1922. 

Tlie horde of 'boes and: panhan- 
dlers infesting the Loop makes New 
York;s Times Square parasites seem 
like a. coterie of philanthropists in 
comparison. Loop workers remark 
that they are being nicked for more 
''Coffee "money"'- thah-they"ha,ve been 
in years. 

An unusual angle of the unem- 
ploymerit situation this year was 
disclosed by Sidney. W. Wilcoxi 
chief of the Illinois Bureau of La- 
bor . Statistics. Wilcox . stated the 
breadline was -exceptibnally smdU in 
comparison to the number, of job- 
less, as quite a percentage of the 
latter ai-e of the class Xvho subsist 
with the aid of 'relatives and friends 
during tough periods, indicating the 
jobless are of a higher typo than 
ordinarily. Such a condition usually 
m.a.kes itself felt in show business a 
few month.<5 after it has Vf'Pn . in 
existence. 

So far .show. business has not been 
affected by the employment slump, 
with the poor .showing of legit the- 
atres attributed to . the towii's pic- 
ture house inclinations, and high 
B. O. top. 

Bccau.se of sound linaiu'ial 
"t-i esr^ i t■==i^^=^believed™ hy=^« uth 0 ri t-j fis= 
here the un.cniploym.ent wave will 
be relieved considerably this year. 



Boston, Jan. 31. 
Theatre owners in textile initio.'! of 
New England are watching care- 
fully the outcohre of tho numerous 
wage cuts, averaging 10 percent. 
Indications point to contests in some 
(if the cities. Many iliou.sands of mill 
fiperaticep are affc^'ted. 



Ingram's All-English Film 

Louis Blattner, of Ihiernaiional 
Production, has engag:ed Hex In- 
gram to direct a picture for United 
Arti.sts release. It will be made in 
England with an all-English com-, 
pany, starring Alice Terry, . 

Ingram has not chosen the story 
as yet. 



RALPH INGE'S DOUBLE WORK 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

"Notices," an Orlginial by Viola 
Brothers Shore,, will be Ralph Ince's 
next fOr F, -B. O. 

He will direct and st.'ir in . tlie pic- 
ture. 

-Prodiiction- stJtrs Feb. - ] 5t- V =---^ — 



. MONTA BELL ASSIGNED 

Los Angele.s. Ji.m. 31. 

Monta J^ell, M-G-M. director, re- 
turned from .Europe, has been as- 
signed to direct "Dark Fires," origi- 
nal by Dorothy Farnum. 

Hunt Strombei-g supervising. 



Gordon Cooper, Pathe Director 

' Los Angeles, .lari. 
Pathe-De Mille has Gordon 
Cooper as director , on a. lei m con- 
tract. 

Cooper was assistant to William 
K. Howard, and recently handled 
the megaphone nn ".=?)n Town," a 
we.stern picture. 



Von Sternberg's Police Story 

Los- Angeles, Jan. 31. 
. Jo^i-)i!v von . Sternb'.'rg will direct 
George Bancioft and •l-:vr:lyn Brypt 

ii?I.JL--itiyil3uJiL^^l!i^^^ York police 
\\*rittcn by OU\-Fi^j?~Ci^n-~iA"\T^TSi'^'" 
mer New Vork "Woi-ld" ) ( iion.i-r. 

JiiV'S l-'urthman .in. ■.\ihiiig the 
."orccn ailaiitaiion. 



IVI, G. Cohen Elevated 

Los Angel< s. ,l,in. SI. 
Maiiin G. Cohen has beeij pro-. 
niiJte<l from tilm edltiu' :i' ix-ad of 
the- cutting and ediiin^ il'-pari j,V«-n!:' 
of Tiffaiii -ytahl prodri'Minnv.-. 



Wednesday, February 1. 1928 



V A R I E T Y 



13 



big 




agree: 





T 




lure 
to 



date. 




' - box office 





"The Last Command," star- 
ring Emil Jannings, is the 

GREATEST picture Paramount 
ever made. 

The public will go mad 
about it. It's going to make 



HAROLD B. FRANKLIN 





Emil Jannings in 










at 






[g run 

breaks house record by more than ^2000! J 





V A R I E T Y 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 




BOOKING— 
AND HOW ! 





R6ANK 

ueHO 



PHOTOPLAY: "Will take rank with 
the box-oiffice hits of the year." 

JUDGE: "A fast-moving picture. 
Filled with color and action— highly 
worth seeing." 

CLASSIC: '^Saturated with vivid, 
tdlorful scenes. You'll like ^he 
GauchoV 



LIFE: "Thrilling! Fairbanks is great 
Well worth the trip to the theatre.' 



SGREENLAND: 'There is something 
in this for everyone. He's the old 
Doug— with new tricks." 

LIBERTY: "Fairbanks scores 

Kantly.^^^ 

geous entertainment." 



A GREAT UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PI C T U R ES 



VARIETY 



15 



LEGISLATIVE OPINIONS NOT 
UNIFORM ON BROOKHART BILL 



^Little Fellows* One Senator's Topic for Protection — 
Others Draw Lay Comparisons for Block Booking 
— Celler (N. Y.) Places Bill in House 



Wushington, Jah. 31. 

At tho request of the independent 
New York exhibitors, Emahiiel Cel- 
ler, Democratic ConKressman fronri 
the 10th New York diistrict, has in- 
troduced tho Bropkhart bill, in its 
entirety, in the House. 

In a statement issued by the 
Congi-cssmjin he says that though 
he realizes that "portions of the bill 
may be harsh and invplve Congress 
in matters cpncerning which it 
should have no jurisdiction," that 
he is, novertht-lesrS, introducing the 
measure if for no other purpose 
than, to renew discussion "concern- 
ing the unfair trade practices and 
monopolistic tendencies of filni pro- 
ducers." 

Mr. Celler feels that the only hope 
for the independent exhibitor is 
Congressional intervention and that 
•unless Uie producers "clean house" 
he proposes "to place them under a 
reasonable and constructive ac- 
eountability to governmental agen- 
cies." 

That the Brobkhart-Canon, and 
now Celler, bill is creating Interest 
in both the Senate and House is be- 
cpming^ nlcire outwardly evident as 
the promised hearings, scheduled by 
Senator . Watson, chairman of the 
Senate interstate commerce com- 
■txittee, draws near. 

The independents are seeing to 



RUBE WOLF 




MIRTH OF A NATION 



l)oing Great at 



Warfield, San Francisco 



that by circularizing Congress from 
ev(?ry angle. . . 

Also that its impoi'tance is.growr 
iiig is further evidenced in the fact 
that another legislative worker has 
been added to^ the Hays office here. 

Leaders Won't Talk 

Actually Congress is In a predica- 
ment over the bill, at least the lead- 
ers, of both parties indicate that in 
refusing to permit themselves to be 
quoted on the proposal, 

Attitude of : many is disclosed, 
after questioned, .by a Variety re- 
porter, that they are opposed to 
regulating block booking on prin- 
ciple. In other words, as a Senator 
put it, "If . we start It where will 
it end?" 

" Farm bloc of both Houses draws 
the fjimile between block booking 
and selling their steers "blind," 
They put the lean animals in with 
the fat — and . that's their attitude, 
as expressed. . 

Cotton growers from the South 
make the same comparisons — they 
bale the low grade cotton right 
along with . the better and sell it 
that. way. 

"The Little Feilow" 

One. Senator said that "the little 
fellow" has got to be protected In 
every business. He cited the chain 
stores and their price cutting and 
adherence to specified and generally 
accepted "better lines" of goods. He 
carried this farther by adding that 
in the chain stores wholesalers will 
sell, to the other dealers but that in 
the ■ pictures they won't — and then 
he refused to be quoted.' 

Meanwhile the petitions continue 
to. come in and Congress Is learning 
more about the inside of the picture 
industry than it did in all of the 
hearings granted Canon ChaSe and 
his reformers urging Federal cen 
sorship during the last session. 

Questions put to Senator Brook- 
hart brought . but one answer: 
"Everything is coming along splen 
didly." ■ 

It was added that within the next 
week or ten days a personal confer- 
ence between the Senator and Col. 
William J. Donovan of the Depart- 
ment of Justice on the legal phases 
of the bill is due to take place. 

Usually the. department renders a 
written opinion when questioned on 
a bill by members of Congress and 
lets it go at that. This seems one 
of the rare instances when the de- 
partment has asked for a personal 
conference with the Senator or 
Congressman sponsoring a measure. 



PROVIDENCE HOUSE TOLD 
TO OBEY THE FIRE LAWS 



Providence, Jan. 31. 
Continental, movie house, h:i>^ 
been notified by the police cdiii- i 
missioners that unless orders, fryn. i 
the Fire Commission are carrioil ovit, | 
the house will be closjed 

It is said fire drops are out - of 
epair and one jammed with a screw 
driver s.* that it couldn't drop if 
there was a fire. • 

It was also, charged that at tinie;r 
a man with a fireman's coat wearing 
tan shoes and other indications of 
a misfit . uniform officiated instead 
of the firemar required by law. 

Another indictnient accused the 
Continental of allowing boys .16 and 
17 years old to run the . projecting 
machine instead of a llc.en.''Cd 
operator. 



TRANSPORTATION TO DOWNTOWN 
AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES 



New York's Residential Condition Alongside Chi- 
cago's-— Chains Expected to Go Into Community 
Building— Motor Trafific the Puzzler 



THE JESSE CRAWFORD ORGAN CONCERT 



MRS. JESSE CRAWFORD 

Vacationing .r/ils j^ecfe^ ^ _ 

JESSE CRAWFORD 

£n Route F rom Chicago 

We Will See You at the Paramount 
ON SATURDAY 




HUICIION&^ 
^MJUtCO IDEAS 

THE BEST STACE SHOWS 



FOR 



De Luxe Motion Picture 
Palaces 



Blumenthal Sells to S-F; 
And Fabian Gen. Mgr. 

Loui.s Blumenthal, .head of the 
Blumenthal-Harring circuit, Now 
jiersey, has disposed of his seven 
theatres in Jei-sey City and X'nicn 
Gitj' to the Stanley-Fabian Com- 
pany. 

Stanley-Fabian bought the houses 
outright. It is understood Blumen- 
thal got his own price, including 
over. $1, 000,000 in cash. 

Blumenthal is retained as gen- 
oral manager for Stanley-Fabian 
houses, the new 4,o6o-seater nb^v 
being constructed also scheduled to 
come under his supervision, . 

Stanley-Fabian executives have 
been watching Blumenthal's method 
of operation for a considerable pe- 
riod and he may be given wider 
control in the affairs of the com- 
pany following his work as county 
supervisor. 



Kunsky Taking to 

The Neighborhoods 

Detroit, Jan. 

Kunsky, heretofore confined 
principally to downtown operation 
is showing ■ an Inclination to pene- 
trate the distant neighborhood. Tvvb 
Kunsky houses have opened in tlio 
last two months and another i.? set 
for February, 

The three play straie;ht picture-s 
and are located In the suburbs for 
which they are named. Newe.st is 
the Bedford. It seats about 2,000. 
The Birmingham has been running 
since November, while the Royal 
Oak, not yet completed, is shortly 
to open. - 

It is likely that one of the trio, 
probably the Bedford, will try week - 
end vaude in the near future. 



"Suppress Agents" 



... IjOi< Ailirolos, .l;in. ni. 

Press af^ont.s on tlio coiKst are 
now called i^iip press .Ajvlrv,its 
by members, of tlie fourth es- 
tate. 

. They are cli;ir"eil. with utiliz- 
ing, 'more effoi't ,. to. : siippross 
news than to express it. 



PUBLIX UNITS AT 
CAPITOL, NEW YORK 



Capitol, New York, which opens 
\vith a Piili'.ix.- unit policy Feb. 11, 
vs'ill only have that program idea 
in force for eight weeks, until ei^h.t 
additional, units are produced to fill 
in the additional tinre^on the Publix 
circuit. The Loew house additions 
have created 27 weeks as against 
the original . in. 

Frank Cambria's first unit pro- 
duction, and not Boris ^Petroff, as 
reported, will hayc 12 Foster girls, 3 
Le Grohs, Eddie Ilill and his wife,, 
in addition to Walt Roesner and 
the Capitoliaiis, band. 



The iiiatlor . of sueressful pli>tiire 
hi)use palac'es in tlie ■ No.w York 
iH'igliborluKKls is aK.ain before the 
dopvs'ters wjtli the belief that it is 
a matter of tinu- before Publix docs 
what hais been tlVe ca.se in Cliieago, 
with, the outlying tliea-tres doing 
lieavy Inisiiiess. Despite the argu- 
ment tliat CMiier(.u:q lacks Avhat New 
York, has, eN-rellont transpor.tatioii 
faeilit.les siioh a.<. tln' .siilnvay. the 
eastern ineirupolis' i'.\iii^'i.!S.ti(in is 
nOw being anat.Vzt'U with tlio lieigh- 
l.vorhotUl angle in mind. . 

Motor trailic is ,jt pn)l)lein of 
years' stantiing, and the sulnvay.s 
;ire no betti',- attraction. 

The siu'cess of 'the .Urooklyn. 
ncighbp.rhomlers.' ih(>atros in' Ford t 
ham and the Bron.v, in Queens and 
Jamaica, of. Varying polieies from 
vaude to legit, including piclurea, 
has given rise to a belief it ' is a 
matter' of a short time .until the 
chains go in for presentation the- 
atres in the residential neighbor- 
hoods. 



"JAZZ SINGER" WITHOUT VITA 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 
"The Ja-zz Singer" (\Varnor) is 
being booked in tiie midwest for 
February release without "Vita- 
phone. 



VITA SHIFTS ORCHESTRA 

Omaha's Rialto Sends Pit Men to 
Riviera, While Vita on Sheet 

Omaha,' .Tan, 31. 
When the Biallo opened '.Avith 
'Vitaphone, last week, the entire or- 
chestra was sent to the Riviera, 
giving the latter house 26 pit mu- 
•sicians. 

This will continue whenever the 
Rialto has a Vita feature until ex- 
piration of the huisieians* contract, 
.Sept. 1, 

The union ha.s battled out good 
contracts in all down-town houses 
and in all neighhcirhoods but three, 
.for both organists and orchestra 
players. 



Acts at Ritzy Egyptian 

Egyptian, ultra presentation the- 
atre in . the ritzy Cynwyd section of 
Philadelphia, which houses the 
haut monde of Quakcrtown, opened 
last week with the American Sing- 
ers (radio) and Rosa Polnariow as 
the feature attractions. Art Gill- 
ham, radio and Columbia record 
artist, is in this week. 

Egyptian Is a l,2|00rseater, inde- 
pendently owned . and operated, 
booking exclusively through Arthur 
Spizzi. This gives the New Yorl 
agent the second exclusive booking 
rights to a picture theatre includ- 
ing the Bivoli, Baltimore. 



Receiver. Sells Lease 

•Waterloo, Ta., Jan. 31. 

Lease arid e((iiipnient of the Isis,. 
Cedar Rapids, one of the five houses 
of the Frank Amusement chain, re-, 
cently closed, has been sold by. Her- 
bert Parker, reiH-lver, to Jjunnan 
Bueehel of Omaha, .for $9,50.0. Khyer 
assumed $500 indebtedness u gainst 
the house. 

Other houses .of the chain, . -whir-h 
has gone Into l)ankruptcy, will be 
sold also, Parker has "indicated. 




Frank Lloyd on Special | 

Lios Angel6s, Jan. 31. , 
Upon completion of Corinnc Orif- | 
fith's fir.st picture, since renewing | 
with First National, Frank Lloyd i 
will i,.iake .'"Lady Hamilton" as .h;-.i 
first special for First National. . j 



"The Ticket Chopper," Original. 

Jyo.s Angeles, Jan. HI. 

Rod LaRocriue will be starred iii 
an original .'<tory by Kenneth Rai.s- 
beck. It's about the New York sub- 
way and i.s called "The • Tii.'k"t 
Chopper." . . 

Hector Tiirnbiill , will produ'-o fm 
De.NTill.-.. 



Brook's Defers 

Los Angeles, Jan. .^l. 
Clive Rrook will not play opposite i 
Pola XoL'ri iii "Three Sinners." her ! 
iif^xt for Paramount.-He-will;not (ill-- 
ish in the Rillle Dove next film f"' 
First National in time. 



"W.estern" Actor for 5 Years 
Lo.^ Angeles, Jan. 3!. 
Ted Wells, Western picture a> ■ 
tor, has signed a five-year con; Vac ; 
to T'nivrrsal, to be featured in I'mI- 
1 ver.'ial westema^. 




4 MARX 




My dcara Mister T-losii,: 

"No t^'sf^e tiV^ar \ve"1 ia; ve^^^^ 
have we erijuyiiiK too much sucha showa.3 wo- .se<.-iiig >ou, Mister 
Jlann- Ft'xs;). fit the I'.-ir.arnounte Theatrfj, Ni-w Yorka. ,l3u«L wet-k, you 
ire a one gr.itijo suece.ss, oncora. Your l-'i-i- JuK^, 

4 MARX BROS. 

(Wail, Sing, H<>p and Lee) 

We writoa to oura fousinas bo .'teeing you a( .M^'lroiVolltano 'llicatro, 
iJnstun, tliisa w.>'<'k ijan, 2>^.l, and l.(a rry Rose we. .siying you liavo 
'r!,i)<)i\ lio.«<s, M.n'.'-t ro .WllliuTn .Mor.rJs, . u Im ' is our T)ir'«'-t<7)r'\ too. 



YAK 1 B T Y 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 











We, Artists, in the Cast of -^v,. 
"Rainbows" Gratefully and 
Proudly Pay Tribute to Mr. 
Petroff and the Publix Theatres Corp- 






Show Affords Us. The Opening Performance 
at the Indiana Theatre, Indianapolis, 
Individual and Gollective Ovations to Us, Unhke 
Anything We Have Ever Witnessed Anywhere for 

Members of Rainbows'' Cast 




EK FEB 



WEEK JAN.30.CMlGA6DTtlEATRE 

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"Exhibitors througliotit country acclaim regular weekly release of the new Fox 
Movietone Entertainments, attraptions featuring vaudeville ahd tabloid versions 
of musical comedy successes in pictures and their accompanying sounds. 

"William Fox announces detailed plaus for $100,000,000 on a five year production 
program to include cost of plays, novels, original stories, and studio expcuditures^ 
for pictures released beginning next August. 

■^At first preview in California,, Frank, Borzage's "Street Angel," co-starring Janet 
Gaynor and Charles Farrell is hailed as greater than "7th Heaven," 



'William Fox announces the acquisition of the great Ascher Circuit of theatres 
in Chicago. 



John Ford, having completed his emotional masterpiece "Four Sons," starts prO' 
Suction of Donn Byrne's "Hangman's House," with a notable cast including Victor 
McLaglen, June Collyer, Larry Kent, Hobart Bosworth and Earle Foxe. 

" Winfield Sheehan announces that Rex King, a hard^riding, hard'fighting ison of 
the plains has been chosen as the new Fox cowboy star and has begun work on 
"Wild West Romance." • 



Janet Gaynor signs a five-year contract with Fox to star in Fox specials, begin> 
nihg with the Frank Borzage production "Blossom Time" to be shot in Europe 
with Charles Farrell co'Starred. 

-Fred Miller, managing director of the Carthay Circle Theatre, Hollywood, an^. 
nounces "Sunrise" is bigger than both "What Price Glory" and "7th Heaven," in 
total of box-office receipts for seven weeks. 

-"Sunrise," breaks all existing boX'office records at the Fox* Locust Theatre, Phil' 
adelphia, during first week's engagement., 



I — 'Charles Farrell signs new contracts assuring exhibitors playing Fox pictures of 
this star's services for the. next five years. 



William Fox announces consummation of deal whereby the* Fox organization 
acquires control of the entire Wesco and Saxe circuits of 307 theatres, appraised 
at $100,000,000* 

-Director David Butler, Sally Phipps, Nick Stuart and a company of technical 
assistants, cameramen and character players arrive in New York to make one of 
next season's most interesting pictures, "The News Parade," the romantic story 
of the experiences of a newsreel cameraman. 




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PICTURES 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PETTIJOHN AND WOODHOLL FAIL 
AS CONVINCERS WITH EXHIBS. 



T. O. CVC Meeting on Brookhar^ Bill— T. O. C. C. 
Suggestions for Changes in Standard Contract 
Mentioned by Suchmaii 



. Answering olainis voiced by C, G. 
Pettijohn, firoiKM'iil , coiinf!ol for the 
Hays orgUiiization, and Potc "Wood - 
hull, allowed rcprosont.ativc of inde- 
pendent t»xliib in toroHts, Leo Brecher 
Btatcd at the meeting called by the 
Theatre . OAvners' Chamber of .Com- 
merce last Thursday that unless the 
Brookhart bill was passed and en-- 
forced real government control of 
the. motion picture industry would 
Inevitably follo\y. He added that 
government regulation is not gov- 
ernment control and • read a tele- 
gi-am from Senator Brookhart stat- 
ing that "the government will cpn- 



Send Your Dates 

Do All Business 
If t -By Wire or Mail 

Have No Film Peddlers 




Percentage Bookings Only— 
Road Show 

JACKMHLHALL 
mi HELENE CHADWICK 

SAMUEL CUMMINS 

Public Welfare Pictures Corp. 

723 Seventh Ave., New York City 



DOUGLAS 



ALENE 

nSATL'UEO IN FANCIION AND 
MAUCO'S "Jl'NGLE IDEA" 



EABLYNE 



JOIIN 



Originnlor of the "Ape Adagio" 

Featured In Fnnchon and Marco'H 
"Junglo Idea" 



WOKT.D'U FASTUST RUSSIAN 
DAXCEU 
ALFRED 

B ROWER 

WITii FAN<JION AND MARCO 
IDKAH 

Direction WALTER MEYERS of 
WILLIAM MORRIS, Inc. 



trol only the evils that threaten the 

indtistry," 

Though 'P.ettijohn and^ "Woodh.ull 
were givcii . every ppportuhity . and 
complete attention, neither proved 
anything except that the independ- 
ents are right in almost all of their 
contentions and charges of unfair 
business practices. . 

Brecher partially absolved Will 
Hays when he- said: "Hays has been 
generous in arranging numerous 
conferences and in frequent expres- 
sions of good will. But he has no 
authority in matters of real- busi- 
ness." 

.In reply to. Pettljbhn's charge 
that the Brookhart bill would, result 
in increased' film rentals from . 15 to 
300 per cent, Brecher explained that 
the bill docs not make buying of. 
pictures In block, an offense and 
that small, theatre o\s'ners, whom 
Pettljohn seemed worried over, 
would be able to buy in block if 
they so desired. The measure would 
merely , serve to stop producers 
from forcing exhibitors to buy in. 
block against their own interests. 

Pettijohn Agrees' 

Brecher pointed out, also, that 
under present conditions, some ex- 
hibitors ai'e not able to buy any 
good pictures at any price. He re- 
minded Pettijohn that this charge 
had goiie unan.swered. Pettijohn 
replied that he, per-sonally, agreed 
that Brecher had grounds for com- 
plaint along those lines. 

Pettijohn's claim that 70 per cent 
of the theatre Interests in the coun- 
try, including chains a,flRliated with 
producers, was answei'cd by Sydney 
S. Cohen, who stated that from re- 
plies he had received the great ma- 
jority of Independent exhibitors 
were in favor of the bill. 

From the presence of Pettijohn, 
there on- invitation, the gathering 
assumed the tone of a ballyhoo. 
Meetings of this kind, undertaken 
by local independent exhibitors tor 
the express purpose of enlisting 
public support, have so far proven 
futile. Despite frantic,; improperly 
organized ttttetrrptss-rte gain Its at- 
tention, the public has . so far re- 
mained uninterested. 

Harry Reichenbachj who was 
evidently also. under the impression 
that the meeting was called partly 
as a bid for public sympathy, pro- 
posed that tlie exhibitors launch a 
.systematic publicity campaign via 
2,600 .dailies, reaching 47,000,000 
readers. If the exhibitors are aim- 
ing at public interest high pressure 
publicity would be the only means 
of properly, getting the message 
across. Occasional meetings do no: 
help-much. 

Proposals' 

Harry Suchman, one of the early 
speakers, announced that the T. O. 
C. C. had forwarded suggestions for 
changes in the standard contract to 
the committees in Chicago. 

Aniong the proposals were in- 
cluded the following: 
_ ISxlii bitor s- _ sh al 1 .^h a v o; .. tlve/ . priy .1 : , 
lege of canceling i-oad show pic- 
tures if kept too long before released 
generally. 

Exhibitors shall have the right to 
cancel one picture, for every pic- 
ture withdrawn from a block foi* 
ro.adshowing purpo.ses. 

S.tandai'd exhibitioiV contract sh;ill 
be deemed binding if signed by an 
tmployc of a distributor. . The , ex- 
hibitors, do not feel they should as- 
sume responsibility, for .the acts of 
salesmen employed by distributors. 

Any contract signed between, an 
exhibitor rtnd a distributor's, rcp- 
resenta.tive .s'hall be deerhed binding 



2 Features in 3-Hour 
Grind Show for 10c 



Minneapolis, Jan, 3ll 
Two feature films are in- 
cluded In a show running three 
hours offered at a 10c, admis- 
sion by the Crystal theatre, 
COO-seat grind house In the 
lower Loop district. 

The theatre Is filled all day 
and night, but a large percent- 
age of patrons dp not remain 
throughout the entire show. It 
helps It to obtain a turnover. 
Fourth and fifth run pictures 
are used. Indepiendently p\yned 
and operated, the house is said 
to be mopping up. 



and not a mere application for pur- 
chase, ■ 

Exhibitors shall have the option 
of refusing .pictures in which stars, 
directors or • stories have been 
changed. 

Film destroyed in projection shall 
be paid for at ' actual laboratoi'y 
costs instead of the arbitrary charge 
of 4 cents per foot. 

Distributors shall be held resiDon- 
sible for delay In shipping fllm.?. 
Thei contract is between the ex- 
hibitor and the exchange. At pres- 
ent . the procedure is switched so 
that one exhibitor is suing another 
who has been unable to make the 
shipment. 

Play dates shall be rewritten and 
set down In plainer ternis. Second 
and subsequent runs shall not be 
held up unnecessarily. Under pi-es- 
ent conditions a first run house may 
hold up II play dates for six months. 

Protection period should be com- 
puted from last day instead of ^ first 
since, in cases of 7-day protection, 
some exhil,.3 are deprived of all pro- 
tection. The contract should pro- 
yide for specific, dates and names. 

In arbitration procedure the unit 
i-ule shall be imperative. No two 
exhibitors shall have the power to 
vote dow^n u third, dissenting mem- 
ber. If one exhibitor disagrees the 
matter should be left to the seventh 
arbitrator. 



EXHIBS CUniNG DOWN RENTALS 




Couldn't Meet Fathers Demands for Lower Produc* 
tion Costs— Making Features and Specials Until 
''Short" Market Conditions Improve 



Engravers Demanding 
40-Hour Week's Work 

An ultimatum has been set be- 
fore the boss engravers of the 
Photo Engravers' . .Board of . Trade 
in New Tork by the Photo Engrave 
ers* Union, demanding a 40-holir 
working week. . No demand in sal- 
ary rai.se was. made. 

This w^ould give- the bosses of 
the association but a five-day work- 
ing cek. They have been sti'ongly 
holding put against the workers' 
demand. 

The workmen claim that the night 
forces work but 40 hours weekly, 
through having Saturday and Sun- 
day nights off. That Is the basis 
of the demand for a similar working 
week by the day forces. 

The Photo Engravers' Union is 
clas.scd as one of the strongest 
labor unions In the country. 



WANTED! WANTED! WANTED! 

UNUSUAL, UNIQUK OR SICNSATIONAT. FILM ATTUACTIONH FOR 
DOWNTOWN TIlKATltK— 1 ,500 SKATS 

BERT H^^TODD_ ORIENTAL THEATRE 

OKN. MGR. Cif;iSVKI..\Nl), OliTO ^ 



A NKW lOKA IN TKESKNTATION MUSIC . 

Versatility Showmanship Real Music 

HOWARD EMERSON 

and His ORCHESTRA 

mil Su<CCKBf»iI Weok nt MHUKK K TIIKATKK, JAMAICA, L. I. 



"JAZZ SINGER" AT POP SCALE 

Philadelphia, Jan. 31. 
"The Jazz Singer," and its Vita- 
phono hookup, come.s into the Fox 
here for two weeks starting next 
Monday, Feb. 6. 

. This Is believed to be the first 
pop priced showing of the picture 
with Vitaphone in the east. Picture 
pV!FVl0Xlsl3''ha;d"a successif ul-TUn- here 
at the Fox-Liocust as a road .show. 



"WHIP WOMAN," $2.20 in G. V. 

"The Whip Woman," First Na 
tional's big feature dealing with a 
Hungarian romance, has been 
marked for. general release Feb. 26. 
Two weeks prior to that date it will 
open in the Greenwich Villafie the- 
atre. New York, at, 42,20 top. 

In the cast are Antonio Moreno, 
Estolle Taylor, Ijowell Shoi-man and 
Hcdda Hopper. Alan Dwan direeted. 



STANLEY'S 4 OF BLUMENTHAL 

Stanley Co. and Hermah Blumeri- 
thal of New Jersey closed Monday 
for the Central, Ritz and National, 
Jersey City, and Lincoln, Union 
City, Blumenthal houses. 

They will be booked under Jack 
McKeon's direction from the^ Acme 
Booking (Stanley) oflflGes in New 
Jfo I'k 1--=. = 



SUBURB THEATRELESS 

Chicago* Jan. 31, 
Wilmette, one of Chicago's more 
exclusive suburbs, is minus movies 
Closing of the Village theatre de- 
prives the district of its one and 
only cinema house. 

The theatre, purchased by James 
Wray. of Wilmette, will be remod 
ellcd for commercial purposes. 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31; 
Mixck Sennett'3 failure to nv et 
Patlie's new terms for the '28.-'20 
program of short comedies is at- 
tributed to exhibiting conditions. . 

Exhibitors are demanding lower 
rentals for short comedies and Jn 
turn Pathe dem^lnded reduction in 
production costs, whi h Scnnett 
could not do w:ith his present br- 
ganization." 

S.fennett haxl been spending $30,000 
on each subject with a lot of grief 
and small profit. When approached 
for lower negative cost ho decid''d 
to quit shorts in favor of features 
and specials until exhibitors pay. a 
price within 'cason for the two-reel 
cOniies, 

Sennetl's B'way House 
Sennett and tw:6 other producers 
are negotiating for the lease of a 
New York Broadway theatrci where 
they will divide the time In three 
parts during the first year of the 
lea.se to afford therii a first run, If. 
the deal goes through Sennett will 
use his. time for "The Goodbye 
Kiss," ap this will decide whether 
the picture is good enough to road 
show, ' 

Three comedies went Into produc- 
tion at the Roa.ch studios this week. 

Ed Kennedy Is directing the Stan 
Laurel -Babe ilardy picture with 
Otto Lederer and Jack V, Lloyd in 
cast. Robert McGowan is directing 
Our Gang w'th Charles King and 
Lillian Leighton in cast; Fred Guiol 
directing Charles Chase's next with 
Edna Marion, Eugene Pallette, Wil- 
liam Orlamond, May Wallace, Otto 
Fries and Alfred Fischer in the cast. 

Roach has completed four star 
cornedles. for . M-G-M release: 
Charles Chase in "The Family 
Group," Max Davidson In "Came the 
Dawn",'' Stan Laurel and Babe Hardy 
ln. "Soup to Nuts" and Our Gang In 
Bjarnum & Ringling, Inc." 



Vita Back in Lafayette 

Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 31. 

A settlement seems to have been 
arrived at in the suit fo.r recovery 
brought by Vitaphone against the 
Lafayette theatre (indie). The ad- 
justment, if any, includes the re^ 
vival of Vita In the thektre, be- 
coming a regular part of the weekly 
bill, Meanwhile the Great Lakes in 
the same city contracted for "The 
Jazz Singer" with Vita, and started 
it last week. That agreement was 
made while the Lafayette allowed 
the Vita efliiipment to loaf. 

Vita's contract for the Vita serv- 
ice was for three ye.ars, and is un- 
derstood to gross $90,000. That per- 
haps takes in equipment installa- 
tion. At the time the suit was 
started about $3,000 had. accrued in 
rentals. 



$500,000 ESTATE 

•Davenport, la., Jain, Jl> 

Charles D, Rosenneld;. president 
of the Rosenfleld & IIopp. Theatrical 
Co,, Rock Isla:nd, who died more 
than a week ago, loft 'an estate 
valued at $500,000, according to th© 
will admitted to probate in Rock 
Island, 

A brother, Waltei-. Rosenfleld, for- 
mer mayor of Rock Island, and a 
sister, Mi-s, Irene. . Straus of .New 
York, receive, the bulk of the estato. 



West Coast Motiort Picture 
Directory of Players, Direc- 
tors and Writers 



Titles; by 

MALCOLM 
STUART 
BOYLAN 



FOX 



EMILE CHAUTARD 

Now Playing 
PERE CHEVILLON 

"THE SEVENTH HEAVEN" 
FOR FOX 

HOU.YWOob 
Ox 64(i3 or Ilolly wood 3540 




JOHN F; 
GOODRICH 

3rd TtcuT witK 
■Paramount- 
Famous-Lasky 





JOSEPH 










FRANKLIN 






POLAND 






Suiiervisln? Sdltor 






CNIVISRSAL 




JFEATUUK 




COMEDIES 




LLOYD 
CORRIGAN 

staff Writer 
3rd Year with 
Paramount- 
Famous- 
Lasky 



SUNDAY WINS BY 19 

Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 31. 

Canandaigua, smallest city in the 
state, ^"will - hav&^ Sd^ri^^ 
starting Feb. 1, 

Of 2,403 votes cast, propo-sltion 
was carried by .19. 



"THE HALF-PINT OF BLUES" 

N OR A 



.HeadlioLng for Funchon; and Marco 
' IndeflnJtcIy 




AN OUTSTANDING HIT FOR WEST COAST THEATRES 

FRANK jENIlS 

"Handsome Funny Face" and the Band 

NOW— CALIFORNIA THEATRE, SAN JOSE 



GWEN EVANS 

in Specialty Songs and Dances 
P. S.— With Due Appreciation to FANCHON & MARCO 



THE PERSONALITY PLUS BOY 



BAItlTONE SpiX)I(>iT 
with Fanchoh and Marco Ideas. 

This Week — Santa Aha 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



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Extended Runs 





verqwhere ! 



PIAYING TO A. MIUIONPEOPLBA.WEEK 



SEATTLE 



GHARLOTTE 



PORTLAND 



6 Solid Weeks ! And 
Seattle Is a One- Week Town! 




6 Solid Weeks! Longest Run 
in History of Entire South 




6 Solid Weeks! And 
Portland Is a One- Week Town! 


COLUMBUS 


• 

ST. LOUIS ^ 


DETROIT 


Now! 6th Week! 2 Weeks 
Still Considered Great Run! 




Now! 6th Week! 2 Weeks 
Still Considered Great Run! 

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Now! 6th Week! 2 Weeks 
Still Considered Great Run! 


NEW YORK 


CHICAGO 


LOS ANGELES 


Now! 26th Week. Going 
Stronger Than Ever! 




Month In, Month Out 
S. R. 6. at $2.00 Top! 




Harold B. Franklin Wired: 
'^Greatest Event in Yeajrs" 


BALTIMORE 


WASHINGTON 


MILWAUKEE 


4,000 Waiting When Doors Opened. 
Going Stronger Than Ever 




''Best Entertainment Ever in 
Washington." — John J. Payette _ 




Advanced Prices! Broke Record! 
Then Broke That Record! 


KANSAS CITY 


SCR ANTON 


JACKSONVILLE 


Booked for Two Weeks — • 
Held for Four! 




"Answer to My Prayer. Builds! 
Keeps Building!'- — W. H. Cadoret 




Brought Boom Times 
Back to Florida! 



and one ^44mlm( othjer cUiM doif and date! 

SIX WEEKS IN ONE WEEK TOWNS/ 



WARNER BROS . Supreme Triumph 




IN 



Themi Singer* 



CALLING 




BLUFF! 



The Screen 
In Review 



MILLION DOLLAR MOVIES 

IF it i!> true that the pluy'H tlit thing, 
it Is also true that to ft v<pry Rn-rtt 
«zteut tike players make the ploy. Atid 
any way you take it^ Motia Ibcrtr 
in botli dcpaitiueuts. 
'IMorc , stars 
than there are in 
Heaven" is, after 
all, no idle ges- 
ture on the part 
of H.-G.-M, And 
the funs are 
aurely ttur-gazr 
«rs. Exhihitors 
know t..at. 

A million dol- 
lar movie might 
have evcrythiiv:; 
in tlio production 
tvorld save stars, 
and be an awful 
flop. But whcu 
big stories and 
big iiamc.s are 




••mciiu" 

CRUIKSII/VNU 

moulded togctlicr 



Snto big pictures it looks like a boi- 

otfice mJllcnium. 

From time to time a year Las ap* 
Tlvcd that has truly been a God.scu(J 
to exhibitors. A year when the comi 
paiay with which the showman deals 
aelivcrs hit after hit with the rapidil.f 
and precis-ion buUscye machine-gun 

' For the lo.vs who hold Metro coti-'I 
tracts. 1928 is "going to be one of thej«.. 
things. It is difficult to imagine « 
greater line-up than is presented. V, 
is hard to conceive of a bcU r breaV. ^ 
for showpien than the opportunity of 
fercd by the M-G-XI organization for 
lucrative screen decoratioif. 

Just imngiue! ilere's a year In 
ivhich it is possible to play "Ben- 
Hur." "The Big Parade," "The Stu- 
dent Prince," "Love" *'T>>« 
Enemy" within a sinslo yc^r. TLe trc-- 
mendous power o£ five milhon-doUnr 
movies with which to jolt the compe- 
tition into a pcrmanei.tly honzonlal 
position. . ■ , . , . _ 

*ljl\jik.iamuJLlitsi5ni^^.J^"t'.'"K ^^"^^ 

holds more bos-office four-Lr.pBers 
than Bnbe and Lou combined. ^ Next 
year will take care of ilH'lf. No one 
can pn»pho.-y what may trauppirc I.ut. 
oae (hins is a cinch. This year 
Itfetr'o vcnr. And a year when th(, 
wise Phownien will be found _ right bM 
I the lion's cage enjoying a mi.lioa-dol- 
llo Mason with miUion-doUnr mov.fs. 



Anybody with the price can buy a page in 
this trade magazine. However we know it s 
not extravagant statements hut product 
alone ^at counts. Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer 
rests its case with pictures: 

IMPORTANT $2 SPECIALS 

BENflUR-BIG PARADE^LOVE-STUDENT PRINCE-ENEMY 

AMONG CURRENT WEEK-TO-WEEK RELEASES 

"TmonoM AFTER MIDNIGHT" (Chancy), "FAIR CO-ED'' (Davics), **M AN. WOMAN 
1 K^SS- (CM^r£\ "GAR^^ OF ALLAH" (Ingram), "THIRTEENTH HOUR", etc., and 

(G^rborheld 6^^^ 2nd week Capitol, N. breaking ho^^^^^^^^ 

FROM PARIS" \Shearer\ see advance review below,"THE BIG CITY (Chancy), 1 Hb bMAK i 
SET" (Haines), and that's not the half of it! 



AS we go to press 
Fl RST reports are in 
ON *The Student Prince-* 
AT popular prices^ 
HERE are a 



•^Turned them a\JOQy. Record business'*^ REGENT, 
HARRISBURG, PA. ''Capacity. A genuine 
j,i^,^pK"-GOLUMBIA. WASH., D, C. "Ex- 
ceeded hy only one picture in history of house. Record 
breakings Mighty nice after glorious engagement on 
*Love'"--STlLLMAN. CLEVELAND, O. "Had 
to call police to handle crowds. Excels any picture 
xve ex'cr placed. "-STATE, NEW BEDFORD. 
MASS. "Breaking records."— CAROLINA} 
CHARLOTTE, N. C , . 



AND it's only the start! 



LOOK WHArS COMING! 

Telegram: 

Revieived tonight Marion Daviesin THE PATSY 
you can he proud of this one greatest picture she 
has ever made full of laughs from beginning to end 
destined to be one of the outstanding box-ofjice 
attractions of the year audience ate it up tonight 
every exhibitor looking for pictures like this one 

congratulations on this knockout. 

* JED BUELL, 

WEST COAST THEATRES. INC. 



METRO- 




AN ADVANCE REVIEW! 

from Exhihitgrs Herald and Moving Picture World 

HOLLYWOOD, CAL.— "The Latest from 
Paris" (iSforma Shearer) is one of the best 
'pictures turned out of M-G-M studio in many 
months. It's a great piece of work and is 100 
per cet>t in entertainment values. 

YN -MAYER 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



P I C T U RE S 



VARIETY 



21 



BRITISH FILM FIELD 



By FRANK TILLEY 



London, Jan. 2.0. 
Lots of things happening around. 
lAOd boom being promoted at Els- 
tree, for example. Where Br it'iish 
International Pictures, Ltd., has ltd 

atiidio. When I. P. eot .in there 
they omitted to . secure more land 
than they needed. -Now. they want 
more. So do other fellows. All sort$ 
ot schemes afoot to build, erect, 
oonstruct. 

Louis Blattner sells the Gaiety 
Theatre! Manchester, to- John Max- 
well, head of British International. 
With the money he gets himself a 
bunch of options. On some 400 iacres 
of land with some frontage right 
opposifae the British International 
studios, and running a way back. 



Exhibitors have no wor- 
ries when they play *- ' • 




GREEN 

PRODUCTIONS 

Now Directing . 
Honor System 

FOR 

F ox 



RUTH MILES 

SCR££NLAin)'S DANCER 

Featured by FANCHON & 

MARCO in 
WEST COAST THEATRES 



Some good land' -and some not so 
good.. ■ 

Gets Sir William Veno, of patent 
medicine fame, interested. Also 
Wilfred Ashley, minister for trans- 
port. And the Marquess of Queens- 
berry at this writing Is down 
Hampshire way with Ashley. 

Going to build studios galore, 
hotels, picture house, bank, otflces, 
'neverything. Lots of people going 
to live there In the future when 
it comes to be a movie city. 

So they say. 

Whitehall Starts Studio 

Whitehall Film Company really 
began its studio building last week. 
First National -Pathe will most like- 
ly have. studios there after they get 
through hiring flooor space from 
British International, as. they have 
done for two films and are. now 
shooting on one of them. 

One of the coming hew companies, 
Westminster Films, expects to build 
there. The Exhibitors' Clrciiit 
crowd," still flirting and more with 
the Idea of going into production, 
are looking, that-a-way. also. . 

Others Pop Up 

But While all this stampede is go- 
ing on, other studios schemes keep 
popping up all over .the place. Sev- 
eral a.ttempts have been made to 
come to some sort of terms with 
Lord Waring for the Acton site, but 
so far no one has. succeeded in get- 
ting his lordship to see eye to eye 
with them on the price. So they 
say. Probably.: his version would be 
none has seen eye to eye with. him! 

The derelict grounds which once 
held Earl's Court Exhibition have 
been sought after. J. D, Williams, 
then later First Nation.al-Pathe 
made approaches. But it is not a 
good studio location, despite Its 
nearness to town, and. terms are too 
high to make it a proposition. 

Then someone has started to pro- 
mote a studio scheme at Hove, near 
Brighton. Used to, be a little studio 
at Shoreham, bungalow town where 
many vaude artists live, nearby. 
Too shiall to be of . modem use. 
"Somewhere around Brighton" Idea 
has Intrigued many people in the 
past and there wias the famous ocr 
casiOn just before the film bill was 
promoted when a Beddington 
Behrens told beautiful stories of 
studio plans and local council con- 
cessions and interviewed everybody 



iw'the business on his idea. But it 
died . down, and Wardour street no 
longer echoes his tripping footsteps. 
The Form Complex 

This Cinematograph Films Act, 
1927 (official title and description) 
has caused an outbreak of plnlc 
paper in all the Flicker Alley . offices. 
Language to match. 

They have to fill up^ & form, to 
register a British film, showing 
when the film was made, who hiade 
It, . where the company was regis- 
tered, who ownis its Stock, where 
the interiors were taken, what na- 
tionality the producer, the director 
and the chief artistes may be, where 
they live, how miich they get; who 
jpays them, why, how, arid so on. 

After that, there's another form, 
appropriately — ^and often- — called 
"Form D," on which has to be 
stated the date, page and column oh 
the newspaper in which the trade 
show has been announced within 
the 14 days demanded uhder the 
act as a condition' of registration. 

Most of the distributors and pro- 
ducers are so busy filling in forms 
they haven't time tO; make and sell 
film. And that's a fact. 

Another feature of the bill's effect 
. is the stampede for trade show 
dates. Until a film has been regis 
tered arid trade shows (English for 
preview) it cannot be booked or of- 
fered for booking; legally, that is. 

So all the American organizations, 
with their current stuff already 
block-booked ahead, are stuck for 
immediate business unleiss they have 
{t regular swarm of these trade 
shows. For example, * Producers' 
Distributing Co. has five listed in 14 
days, with three on consecutive 
days. 

Jh9 Flood 

Artistes, directors, and assistants 
coming over, looking for those big 
money jobs they were told are wait- 
ing here. Those who mean any- 
thing stay and fit in^ The others- 
well, there's Nice and Berlin still to 
try! 

Two who may land here are 
Frank Mayo, now in London, and 
Alma Rubens, at present oh the Con- 
tinent. Both are beilhg dickered for 
by British producers. , 

Rumor ais t6 the death bf .the Ex- 
hibitors' Booking Circuit scheme 
trickles of the. moves being mode 
by Sir- Walter Gibbons to gather, 
together a large circuit have shaken 
it. lip, and a meeting of the commit- 
tee of the Cinematograph Exhibit- 
ors' Association working on the na- 
tional circuit plan met to give It a 



furthor im.'^h.. l*riato im-i'liiiu, of 
courso. t>lill . following tlie lui.-h- 
bush policy. 

■ But the meeting was nuiinly con- 
cerned with the rcsiilts of the sub- 
mis.sion of the scheme to the 
bhincljes of the a.ssot iatlo.n the 
results thereof. Few of th.^wp 
branches have, turned the scheme 
down . entirely, but many criticisms 
have been offered and some further 
ideas, Now the committee is trying 
to cihrify , these and at the sanie 
time bend'the scheme so it fits the 
opinions, and needs Of the general 
exhibitor. ■ 

There has been a report Thomas 
brmlstoh, originator and chief, ad- 
vocate of the circuit sheme, was re- 
tiring owing to ill-health. This led: 
to the aug/restion . he was through 
with the, st-i'.eme and gave rise; to 
most of the runibrs. Ormiston has 
a very sick wife and is himself a 
sick man, but he is seeing the 
scheme through or out before he 
retires. And anyway, IC. T. Uewit- 
son, president of the C. E. A. and 
powerful supporter of the scheme, 
Is taking care of it plenty. 

Powerful moves are being made 
to group this or a,ny other section 
of .exhibitors into a production and 
studio building scheme but dt pres- 
ent the theatre men arc merely, nib- 
bling warily. 

" Goverment's Committee 

Under the Film Bill the Board of 
Trade was obligated to constitute 
a committee for the purpose of ad- 
vising on the adminislration of the 
act. This committee consists of Sir 
AleJiander Frederick Whyte,..K; C; 
S. I., special corespondent for the 
London "Daily News" at the Ver- 
sailles Peace Conference. 

Production is represented by 
Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Bromhead 
(head of the Gaumont-British com- 
bine) and H. Bruce Woolfe (man- 
aging director of British Instruc- 
tional). 

T.. C. Elder, head of the Stoll 
Film Company, and Simon Rowson, 
ditto of Ideal FilmSt represents the 
distributors. As Ideal is the Grau- 
mont-British combine,, this group 
has two people on the comniitl;ee. 

The exlr^bltors' representatives 
are the present and three former 
presidents of Cinematograph Ex- 
hibitors' Association, E. T. Hewit- 
son, Major A. J. , Gale, Thomas 
Ormiston and William W. Blake. 

Also four members-designated as 
"persons having no' pec imiary "in- 
terest in any branch of the indus- 
try/' They are Sir Robert Blair, 
educationalist; E. St. John Ervine 
dramatic critic and staunch op- 
ponent of the screen; G. R. Hall 
Caine, M. P., son of the novelist 
and Mrs. Philip. Snbwden, wife of 
the Right Hon. Philip Snowden, So- 



i lili^t Ml hili|M- (i; 1 ' 11 Hi' i.t .iiiil 
(.'liiaifi'lliif (1,1 ; he -1 ;si 'i.-niioi- (liu-- 
iiit^ the Lal.H>r ( lo\ iTiunent. 

bn'ice is! lielil . li.y tLi" . ch.iirinan 
for throe >'oars aiiii iin'inbers are 
selected by liiiHol, iMn'-li.ilf hnUl- 
ing olTiee for tuo.iin.i thf (.thor for. 
tiiroe year.-^.. II. .1. rUilli))-^, M. !'.. 
of the lioard of Tr;uh\' is ihe si^cre- 
tary to tlie coinnniteo, appai-eiuly 
permanently; \ 



Villa Park Leased 

Chicago,' J ;in. 31. 
Chicago Title i*t Trust Co.', ap- 
pointed receivers in bankriiptcy of 
the A'llla, Park,, we.'it side picture 
house, hiive leased., the huu.'^e for'^ 
operation to A, J. Cooper. 

It was opened six months ago by 
E. L. Finun. 




TounnQ the World! 

KIRBY 

and 

DeGAGE 

Ah Unprecedented .Hit at 

The Casino in Cannes, France, 
on the Reviera 

Before the moat .soliect and .critical 
audlonce Ini the world, composed of 
mllUonalro society, European nobility 
and even. the Ulnga and aweens of the 
.Continent. 

FEATURED NEXT WEEK IN 
MONTE CARLO AT THE 
HOTEL METROPOLE 

CALI SINDELAR 

ARTISTK-CONDUCTOB 






? 



I APPRECIATE those wonderful receptions, the applause and encores so generously 
given to me at each perforniance during the three weeks I was playing at the Chicago 
Theatre. 

I AM grateful to Balaban & Katz for the marvelous advert^'sing campaign, the promi- 
nent and complimentary billing and support given me each week. 

I WISH to thank Phil Griffiths for his splendid co-Qperation in selling so many of my 
Victor records. 

I ALSO wish to thank Dave Silverstein, Milton Weil, Rocco Vocco, Al Beilin, Harry 
Hume, Willie Horwitz, Billy Cripps and their boys for having made their various songs so 
popular that they would have gone over even if played quite simply. 

THANK YOU, "Variety," for that wonderful boost in your issue dated Jan. 18, which 
helped to make my Chicago engagement the happiest period of my professional career. 



AGAIN I THANK YOU, CHICAGO! 



JESSE CRA WFORD 



82 



VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



DRUMS OF LOVE 

Vnltc-(V Artists i>roilUiU<in ona relciiKO. 
lilroi;t('il.l.y T1. W. (Irltlltli. .Story oreOltcd 
to J. I.loy<l. K.irJ Strusrf, photofrra- 
••h(>r, Assisliiiil 'vanieranii n, Jl.in-y ■ J;ii"k- 
>.)n niKl Hilly llltzcr. 't^coi'ij by 0. W. Oud- 
';;i!\n, i'oX CohiMi ivncl Wrlls >Ilvli\v. At 
.hibi-vty, ' Now Yorlt, for twli-'p ilnily run 
. tivrtlng; .Jan. 21, at t-'2 top. llunnlnK ilnip, 
■ );i'luslvo of int<'^n)l^^^<lon, 11.') inilJ^:, 
I'l-incc^.^ Kiii.iinu U.l. ........ .Miivy [''nlUiin 

liuUo Cntlh>-: lOo Alvia , . .T.l.inPl li.irr.vnK.rr 
' 'nunt I.ooniinlo Do Alvia . . . .Dun AlViU-.T.Io 

i!o))l.v , . . . .'. ; — .TuUy :Marsli.n)' 

!Hike of t3i-anii>!;i.............C. H. Mailfs 



. : D.. W. has turnofi : Ixim.sell out a 
in-ogram picture in thru oyi'Ve which 
(•ivfolcls '-Fles^h and tho Dovil," '?A 
.\isrht of Love" and; '•Love.'.' • Fpr 
program and b. o. purpo.-iOs it rates 
\<;ith any of these if not as dynaniic. 

Highly, romantic \vit)i. a, tragic 
ending,. "Drums. 6f Loye" is technic- 
ally as great as anythini? that has 
<'ome out of Hollywood within the 
past 12 jTiontlis.. And ..that includes 
• Siiriinse," as well as "Flesh and. 
the Devil." Whether this is the best 
in-ogi-am feature Grifiith has ever 
made Is an open, question, for tliey 
still talk of Jiis "Avenging Con- 
.science," which this directoi* turned 
out some 13 years ago. .]?ut there is 
no doubt that this tops anything 
h« has done outside of that one. 

Doubts have been expressed as 
to- whether the beauty values here 
<-an .overcome the traigic double 
ialling at tlie finish. But if the love 
.story, the appearance of Mary Phil- 
bin and Don Aivaradp and the per- 
formance of Lionel fearrymore can't 
make . this release, box office as 



AL 




and 
GAY 




Repeating .their former . suceess. 
on the Publix Southern Circuit 
with Jack Partington Production 

"Florida," 

Fel). 4-10, Palace, Dallas, Tex, 

LAFFS-LAFFS-LAFFS! 

. Direction MAX TURNER 
WM. MORRIS Office 



Regards to ABE LASTFOGEL 




SOLO ORGANIST 

Indiana Theatre. Iii«1(niiapollfl 

A Publix Theatre 



HELENE HUGHES 
ROY SMOOT 

Fonlurod whli 
FANCJIOX arid .AIABCO 



woU a.s arti.stio, then there'll never 
be anythiiir; hut clinch lini.shos un- 
til tliey pu.sh a button to watoU 
and hear entortainniynt in the par- 
lor. 

■ Drums of Lovo" irf a lu;;i; sooilon 
film; Tilt;' it rt ct.'nters will dote on 
it.- That's sin-.i?. It's basic, appeal ia 
10 tli.> pliiynoi-r who thoruufthly on- 
joy.s. the Theatre (.luild. Vot, tho 
aooi>nlu;itctl: lovt> thi.-ihe Is t:a.si)y 
poit'nt on'i)U.i;h to f,'et off tht.- screon 
and . rcarh the lust rows up and 
tldv\'n.«i;i;rs. ■ ' 

■ W'ljmen are bound to like it. and 
tilf nit>n won't. Kft tiri'd of gazing at 
iMi.ss Philbin tlic way (.Jrilllth . pre- 
sents hi'v: 

Tlir shot-'k oi' having the husband 
knife his wife. ti3 \iph;old tlve family 
hon.tir .she and his • brother "have 
smirclu'd, ■ and then turn to his, 
brother and do the same to him, 
kissing both before . each ' thrust, ; 
centers OJi thr> g-irl. . By the time 
Cathos .(Barrymoro) reaches Leon-, 
ardo (Alvnrado) with the blade, the 
worst of tho cold .showtn- is over. 
It's not as abrupt as the fini.sh of 
"Love,"' but there's no need of. re- 
gi:et fox' having included it; 

The script is based upon the story 
of Paolo and Frahcesca. Thi.s 
Sicrcen.s a.s a, triaiigle of two broth-, 
ers, one handsome, the o.theiv de- 
fonried, witli: the girl forced to 
marry the ruling big hearted brute 
to save her people. The locale is 
South America in the 19th century. 

Intd this Griffith has woven su- 
iperb camera work, a delicacy of 
Interpretation, and a performance 
by Barrymore that is this actor's 
outstanding camera achievement to 
date. The placing, of a blondewig 
on Miss Philbin is a revelation. At 
various times she i-esembles Alice 
Terry, Mary Pickford and Marilyn 
Millet*, and looks better than all 
three. A wig and a gi>od' camera- 
man. -\d,d to' tills that Miss Phil- 
bin ca,n act and she totals a pi'etty 
fair piece of work for one picture. 
Better than "Merry Go Round." 

Griffith, as fiamous for his form 
clinging negligees as De Mille for 
his bath tubs, is part of tlie an- 
swer. The rest is lens technique, 
lighting and the knowledge of how 
to handle people. Witness the work 
ot Alvarado. 

BcjCLUtiful shots are tidnstantly 
cropping up w'ithout over shadow- 
ing, the story or i-esorting to double 
and triple fades and ti'ick stuff. 

Bitzer is listed as an assistant 
cameraman.. 

'The scene where Emahuella en- 
ters Cathos' chamber the night of 
their marriage is a classic from all 
angles, and various- other .sequences 
are as eye filling if not so trying on 
the nerves. 

Appearing to be 90 per cent stu- 
dio-made, Griffith is reported to 
have . turned "Drums of Love" out 
without waste both as to cost or 
time,' unusual for him. "Tlie story 
lacks that neces.sary v.italness to 
make it $2, even for a .swing around 
the key cities, but it should, carve 
its own path within the prbgranri 
houses as to .financial returns, for 
which it was niade. It would be 
perfectly set within such a house 
as the Embassy in New York. 

To those liking a story with some 
sense to it tran.sformed into a well 
made picture, this is all wool and 
yards Wide. Technically, it's a tri 
uriiph. Hence, there remains tlie 
question of tha;t finish. But Greta 
passes on in both "Flesh and the 
Devir and "Love" and there is 
nothing cheery about .Tannings' 
closing footage in "The Way of All 
Flesh" or "The Last Command." It 
will make them talk and, perhaps, 
argue. And if anyone hear.*? 'em 
arguing they^ro going to drop in to 
find. out what all the .shootin's for. 

It won't be ca.'sy to cut this pic- 
ture from 115 minutes, but when 
they' drop it down to around 90 
most of the clipping will probably 
take place in what is now the first 
half. A few battle scenes, rem.inis- 
rcnt .in tactics .01 the "Xalion," help 
the early footage along, and the ac- 
companying^ score is. oxtiellent. 

■"DFunTs pie Lrtv^" "Will g^eti;he7sup-^ 
■port of those who have boon yelling 
for "Ix'ttor. pictures" and may feel 
censorsliip in certain section.''. . 
-It's a .swec't comeback for Grif- 
fith and a corking piicture. Sid. 



13 WASHINGTON SQ. 

UnlV'T.'siil )>i-inlu'.tlon and rolett.'50, directed, 
by Molvillo W. Urown. Hlurrlnfj Alico 
Ooyof anil Jean Ho.r.shnlt. FVom the play 
of tliO ."anio naiiKj by I.,proy .St'olt,- 'IMilrs 
by Waltnr Anthony. A{. the Koxy, Now 
^ "S. Uunnlnfc' .ilmt>, 70 



Yoi'k, wi.'flc of Jan. 
minute.^. . 

"Jm'h<'oii" Pyccroft. 
Mrs. Do roy.-ter. , , . 
Jaok 1)0 Piiyhtcr. . 

MniT Mornan 

Maihllilo 

Olivflta , 

Mr.-!. AlJI,::tulr...-,... 

Mnyi'alr 

?:parks. .>.,.< V . 



.'Jean Hci-.sholi 

, Allt;e Joyri' 

Oporgft 1.,c\vIb 

. . . .IJclon r'o.strr 

.Zasii I'ilt.s 

...Helen Jt-ri>niiV KiMy 
, .Julia tJvvayno tJonloii 
. . .'. . . Jack Mac'Donalil 
........ .Jcri-y Gamblo 



l!Jnt(?rii»ining picture, with its ap- 
peal to tho intelligent, among the 
.screen public and liltely to be voted 
mild by the gum-chftwing clientele. 
Away from the "Univcr.sal style, I' 
ordinarily making program pictures 
for the masses. Will please as a 
program • release,' without sotting 
any high -marks as an independent 
draw. Stars arid title not figured as 
pull. 

But will please regular house fol- 
lowing, on the score of its clean-cut 
romantic story, its atmosphere of 
elegance and comedy that is robust 
while not rowdy. Beautifully pro- 
duced and acted with crisp compe- 
tence. • Mj'stery element is turned 
to eomedy purpose and the thrills 
are hot worked up. Has a world of 
mild laughs, but they never, get be- 
yond the polite classification. 

.\11 of \yhiGh adds up to an aver- 
age pictur^e for better class patron- 
age. -The kind- of film the sereeh 
critics demand in their crusades for 
better «pictures, but the kind of 
product the mob doesn't crowd in 
to see. Would be poor opposition, 
for a name star with a hot title. 

Zasu Pitts, in the comedy; rOle of 
a lady's maid who always gets her 
long words mixed up, has the prize 
character, and .plays it. Here is a 
character" comedienne who has sel- 
dom been supplied with parts that 
would atlvance her. In this picture 
she gives a finely balanced perform- 
ance in a part that could have been 
clownied to death,. Alice Joyce, as 
an aristocratic mother, has a 
charming and graceful figure, but 
ariistocratic mamas do not make 
popular pictures. Jean , Hersholt 
plays . the sympathetic crook part 
that came near making the pio-co. 
when it was on the stage. It isn't 
a screen part, calling for too little 
.significant acting and too much 
illumination in titles. Most of the 
interesting thirigs the crook Aoefi 
are conveyed by title. 

Romantic story , is Just a side 
angle of interest. Sympathetic, in- 
terest is bound up in the mother 
and the crook, and what gi*ip the 
story has in its celluloid form is 
confined to these two. For the rest, 
there is little action in the cinema 
meahing of the -word, and an Im- 
patient flapper fan might call it 
dull. ... 

These defects are inherent in the 
story material, for it has been pro 
duccd in faultless taste. The . set 
tings showing an aristocratic home 
in Washington Square are remark- 
ably well done. A room in Wa.sh 
ington Square Is just that, instead 
of a de luxe furniture display set 
out In Grand Central Palace. Act 
Ihg is scaled on the same moderate 
and reasonable plane. 
• It's satisfying playing of this sort 
of material, but the substance of 
the story never once get.s hold of 
the sympathies. Rnsh. 



ordinary grade of film gagging, but 
at tho finish it goes a little Sen- 
nett. To tell the truth,, this finish 
gives a peppy period to an other- 
wise quiet picture and makes it 
.something of a x'owdy, but effective 
entcrtainmijut. 

Production is in tho be.st manner' 
of Director Brown. Foreign atmos- 
phere is capitally biiilt. up. in' the 
settings and the characters. This 
.scenic element gives the picture a 
good deal of engaging beauty in its 
bacK-grounds. One. .love scene be- 
tween hero and village girl is a 
charming epi.sdde, particularly in 
pii.'torial surroundings. 

Acting is remarkably uniform In 
its oxcollonco. Zasu Pitts once a:gain 
steals a good deal more of: interest 
than sh© was entitled to . in the 
script. This actress. has 'ia veritable 
genius for doing the impossible with 
drab roles. Grlbboh is a low com- 
edy treat and MacGregor make? an 
engaging yoiing leading man. . The 
ble of the Dutch heroine is out of 
Lya de Putti's line. Character bits 
ai'o made to stand out. Nothing 
more realistically military has been 
seen than the captain of the com- 
pany, and men villagers such as the 
barber who plants the shearing 
idea. Title writing is crisp' and 
bright, as when the hai-d boiled ser- 
geant says- on his way to his own 
wedding, "I feel as nervous aa a 
pullet about to lay her first egg." 

Goodi honest comedy with quali- 
tltes that will appeal to the best 
grade of fans, and enough robust 
fun to please the flaps' saps. 

Riish. 



THE HAUNTED SHIP 

TIlTany pro(2uctlon and release. Directed 
by Forrest Shelton. ASaptetl' from" Jack 
lx)ndon's ""White and yellow." In cast: 
Dorothy Sebastian, Montague Ijove, Tom 
Santclil, Ray Ilalltiry and Alice lyake. At 
Keith's -Hippodrome, Mew York, week Jan, 
?3. ■ Running time, 48 mlna. 



CO NCR A TULA TING 





l^EATURED ORGANIST 

LOEW'S MIDLAND THEATRE, KANSAS GTY, MO. 

FEATURING THAT MELODIOUS BALLAD 




Also TliaiiUliip 
JOS. LA - ROSE — Production Manager 
MTMUSHKI) MY 

FORSTER, MUSIC PUBLISHER, Inc. 

ABE OLMAN, Prof. Manager - ■ 505 Woods BIdg., CHICAGO 



BUCK PRIVATES 

Universal production and release with 
Lya de PuttI featured. Directed by A. 
Melville Brown. At tho Colony, New 
.York, week of Jan, 28. Running time, (iiO 
mlns. 

Anne. >.;...,. • Lya de V\iit\ 

John Smith Malcolm Macflresor 

Hulda Zasu IMtt.s 

Ma:jor Hartman Jame^5 Marcus 

.Sergt. Bult.s.... Kddie Oribbon 

Ca.pt. Mur.^haVi Capt. Tfd Dunoun 

Cupid Dodd."5 .Bud Jamison 

Mose Bloom.. .Les Balfp 



knocks this one cuckoo. Old type 
of deop-dycd villainy starts early 
and wallow.s in such a quagmire of 
palpable dramatic impossibilities 
that it was too much of an over- 
dose even on double feature day. 
The story Is tho kind that has been 
cameraed to a wliisper, but may 
survive the dpuhlo feature dehiand 
and bring back the originoil invest- 
ment to its independent makers. 

Hero and his side kick butler take 
a lot of punishment physically, yet 
they oonie right back for more, ancl 
the principals pummer each other 
?l11 over the screen. 

Picture .smears itself : with a, 
deluge of heroics that became such 
mockery as to make the audience 
giggle. 

Story never has a chance, but 
cast does its best. Some consolar^ 
tion. V 'Mark, 



A RACE FOR LIFE 

■Warner Bvoa. production . and release^ 
ataiTlng nin-Tln-Tln. Froiri a, atory .liy 
Charles It. Condon, diriJcted- by Ross Led* 
erman. Cameraman, Edward Du Par. In 
projection room Jan. 27. Running 'tlme« 
48 tnlna. 

Virginia Calhoun. . .'Vlrelnla Browne OFalro 

Robert Hammond Carroll Nye 

Danny O.'Shea. . . . . . , .Bobby Gordon 

Bruce Morgan .,,..,'.. J.amca Ma^on 

Tramp , , , Pat Ilartlgan 



Bearing in mind, there is a defi- 
nite following for these canine 
dramas, "A Race for . Life" may bie 
..(Continued on page 26) 



One of those rough and ready 
yarns calling heavily on the imagin- 
ation to make it credible. As a pic- 
ture it appearis capable of holding 
up on single day stands. Strictly a 
meller and. making up in a mutiny 
for the absence of a storm at sea, 
Montague Love is the heavy-flsted 
master of the schooner who fifteen 
days before ha.«j cast his wife and 
yeung son adrift on a raft, believing 
the boy isn't his and that his fir.st 
mate (Santclil) is responsible. 

For that, fifteen years the first 
mate has been shackled In the ship's 
hold where Gant (Montague Love) 
administers floggings to malce his 
victim confess. A switch to South 
Sea locale shows the boy, full 
grown, (Ray Hallbr) as a nonde- 
script beach comber who is shang- 
haied aboard Gant's craft along with 
Qiieenie'; (Dorothy Sebastian), 
shipwrecked member of a theatrical 
troupe. 

Gant is after the girl and the boy 
seeks his unknown father for ven- 
eande. The relationship crops out 
and aided by the crew the boy over- 
throws Gant, releases the first mate 
and everybody deserts the ship Gant 
has fired. 

Ail but Gant and the first mate 
who are. trapped in the hold as the 
ship sinks. The boy and girl cling 
to a crate and are washed ashore 
on some undetermined coast where 
the picture ends. , : 

Miss Sebastian gets a certain s. a. 
into her characterization while Love 
plays his usual burly brute effec 
tively; Santchi never comes out 
from behind his beard and only goes 
into fistic action during the memory 
cutback. Hallor is neither good nor 
bad as the boy.' 

It's elemental love and hate drawn 
in broad strokes and should appease 
the cheaper admission clientele. 
Footage in a low dive will interest 
from the flesh angle. Story's pace 
is carried along at a. fair clip a,nd 
photography oka,y. Sid. 




LUIS 



JOSEFINA 



Ojeda UND imbert 

FEATURED DANCERS 

■\yiTH " ' . 

John Murray Anderson's 
"MILADY'S FANS" 

' AS THE- 

"SPANISH FANS" 

AT THE 

PARAMOUNT 

NRW YOKK 

THIS WEEK 

Personal Representative 

BENJAMIN DAVJD 



Nicely balanced comedy feature 
with agreeable romantic intere.s 
and • some beautiful scenic shots 
Story is set in Europe just after 
tlie_ arnii.stice and deals with the 
comedy ^ide^bf tire A.^-E 
suggestion of war stuff in it, excop 
the uniforms. 
. American troops in Germany have 
been given permission to pass 
through Luxemburg on their way 
out of the Rhino country. Thoy 
descend upon a picturesque village 
and the hero. (Malcolm MacGi-egor) 
is billeted with a giant pacifi.st and 
a . heautiful daughter, ' whom he i.s 
forbidden to address _or look at, 
Villa-gors set up the rule that sol- 
diers may not fraternize with native 
niaids and any girl caught being 
friendly toward a uniform shall 
havo her head cropped. 

The hero, a private,- has as a rival 
for the lovely Lya, his top sergeant 
in tho laughable person of Eddie 
Gribbon, who is a better clown than 
ever he. was a - baseball player, 
which is a compliment. Hero wins 
the girl, but sergeant butts in and 
is caught kis.sing her against her 
will in the moonlit garden. IIo is 
up for court-martial and cart only 
escape by marrying the girl. 
-="LyaJs -inaM ^(Zftflu -Pitts),- playing^ 
tho part With her usual gift for 
awkward grace, is substituted, and 
the misinformed hero kidnaps her 
at the very altar, leadin,g to a hip 
hurrah motorcycle chase for the 
finish. 

. Picture Is a neat blending of 
romantic story and vigorous com- 
edy. For the most part the com- 
edv Ja Jhtelligent and free of the 



THE THRILL SEEKERS 

Sup(»rlatlvo ' PIcture.M produrilon. Casl 
includes ]. tie Moran, Jimmy Fulton, Rutli 
Clifford and Robert McKlm. Dl.slrlbuted 
'bjr' I^I-MIlrll-~ ProtluT!tltms. " At — -Slanlcyr 
New York, on double ft^aluro program 
J.in. 20. Running tlmn, 07 mlns. 



Too • much phoney melodrama 



Sth YEAR 

MILTON 
SLOSSER 

ORGANIST 
Mi8Kourl Theatre, St. I^uls, Mo. 



EDDIE WEAVER 

ORGANIST 

PUBLIX OLYMPIA 

NEW HAVEN, CONN. 






Featured with JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON'S 

^'MIL AD Y/S FAN'' 

IN 

"ACROBATIC DANCING THAT IS DIFFERENT" 

THIS WEEK 

PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK 

Direction MAX TURNER, WM. MORRIS Office 



ARWANDA 

C HI ROT AMD 

JOSE MERCADO 

INTKBNATIONAL BINfiFNG STARS 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A R I B T T 



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Women, wometit every- 
where and not a place to 
•link. Women In the 
Shower Bathe— Women In 
the Pool— Women In the 
Steam Room —What's a 
guy to dot 

One ot the most famous 
farces In Broadway his- 
tory • • • Made Into a film 
as funny as ^^McFadden's 
Flats'* . • • With Mackalll 
and Mulhall at their cork- 
ing hest [remember ^^Sub- 
way Sadie''] • • • and situ- 
ations and titles that defy 
the dumps! 



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IN ATURKI/H BUH 

%ueMkd tnt A/H E R,/MAI.L and ROCER/ 

PororiiifMackaill 

and JackMulhall 

«yCHARLTON ANDReW/<»Mr AVERY HOPWOOO 

Xookng lAnejbrm m 



i^t national Pictuii 



suhest 



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Member y Motion Picture Produccts omt Dtstributort of Xmerlca Inc^-^II H.HayB /VuMml 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 





MELODRAMATIC 



:£ I. 



NAILED BY 
FCO 

All the stinging drama of 
Chicago's gat-ruled underworld 
poured into the MIGHTIEST OF 
FBO'S JUBILEE SPECIALSl 

When it Comes to Melodrama. . . 
15,000 showmen ASSUREDLY can't 

be wrong! 



Joseph P. Kennedy 

' ' bresenfs 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PI C T U R E S 



VARIETY 



25 



FOX GETS 145 F. & L HOUSES 



; (Continued from page B) 

lin, president of West Coast and 
who immediately absorbed the 
North American Circuit on the Pa- 
cific Slope when going Into W. C. 
At that time as reported the Frank- 
lin plan was to go take over the 
F. & R. and Saxe circuits, the lat- 
ter in WisconsIn,:givlng West Coast 
a perfect line eastward from Its 
own W. C, terminal In Montana; 
Fox's Coast to Coast ' 

Thils line of procedure appears 
to have been followed by Fox, with 
whom Franklin is how associated, 
through the Fox : West Coast pur- 
chase. It ialso gives Fox a direct 
line to the Atlantic seaboard 
through his own eastern circuit en- 
compassing the larger' key cities pf 
the east, and. make the Fox chain 
coast to coast. 

It is expected that Fox, will an- 
nounce the F. & R. buy- within 10 
days. .The repbt-t is that it is vir- 
tually completed closed, except for 
minor matters. 

Finklestein & Ruben main stands 
are Minneapolis .and St. Paul. In a 
couple of P. & R. de luxe houses 
of those cities, Publix is interested. 

At various . periods it has been 
reported Publix would riiake a gen- 
eral deal; with F. & R., as it had 



THK PARAMOUNT COM£l)lAN 

■pi EARL 

Faber 

with MARGIE McINTYRE 




This Week (Jan. 30) 
LoeWs, Montreal 
AND HOWI 
Mount Roynl 
SEA-GOINO HACKS, 
BTO., BTO., ETC., ISTC. 

A CONSTANT HIT 

Feature Attraction — ^Loevy Circuii 
Dir. MYER NORTH, JOE IXAlJ^f 



been also ; rumored that Publix at 
one time had tlie Saxe circuit in 
purchase view. 

P. L. vs. FoxtW. C. 

A chain battle is confidently 
clninied by the trade to follow the 
capture of the West Coast Theatre 
circuit by Willian; Fox, as reported 
in Variety liast week. 

It was probably the fastest the- 
atre transfer deal of any size on 
record. The deal actually did not 
take oyer 48 hours. It was closed 
before those interested ori the coast 
were awire of it. 

By the terms of the . purchased 
control, Fox; allowed $55 a share for 
West Coast (Wesco also) stock in 
case or an exchange into two-thirds 
of one. share of Fox common for 
one share of W. C. Fox has been 
quoted pf late around 86-88. Neither 
Fox Film .(production), nor Fpx 
Theatres A /was affected by the W. 
C, coast deal on the stock market, 
Fox Slipping a point or so follow- 
ing, while Fox theatres held steady 
at around 20.. . " ' J ' ' 

It is said a new financial interest 
came into the West Coast-Fpx deal 
in the Am. Telephone and Telcr 
graph Co., behind Fox. Total 
amount, involved :"in the. W. C; buy 
is 'Placed at from $15,000,000 to:fJl7,.-; 

000,000. ■ ■ 

. An erroneous impression pre- 
vailed that the recent ri,se in Fox 
(film) stock .'was through the dis- 
counting , of the West Coast albsbrp- 
:tion. Neither Fox ' nor Harold " B. 
Franklin, nor the bankers, Hayderi, 
Stone &. Cp., knew of the deal that 
happened so swiftly until the Stan- 
ley Cohipany-West Coast proposal 
seemed impossible about the mid- 
dle of the week before last. At that 
time. Franklin with Fox and John 
Dillon (for Hayden, Stone) got to- 
gether, rushing their deal thrcugh. 

Option on 20,000 Shares 

Franklin realized $5OO,06O" In cash 
for himself frorn the transaction. 
When accepting the presidency of 
West Coast Theatres circuit, Frank- 
lin's contract called for a yearly sal- 
ary of $65,000, 1.0 per cent, of the 
net profit by W. C, and aii option 
on 20,000 • shares of West Coast 
common at $3.0. Selling his 20,000 
shares to Fox, through Hayden, 
Stone & Co., ■Which financed the 
transaction, gave Franklin a profit 
of $25 per share. 

Abe and Mike Gore, founders of 
W. C, and holding 70,000 shares, 
received nearly $4,000,000 at the 
samie share price, $B5. 

Up until now from accounts 
Franklin has had no definite under-, 
standing w^ith Wiliiam Fox. Frank- 
lin's contract with West Coast re- 
mains in effect. The points unde- 
cided from the stories are whether 
Franklin will remove to the general 
headquarters Fox intends establish- 
ing in its New York offices, and if 
Franklin will continue to operate 
only the West Coast circuits (in- 
cludlnp North American), or add 




also the prcsentj building and pro- 
posed Fox deluxe picture theatres. 

Fox has, or has started or will 
start theatres of the doluxe type, 
none seating less than 4,000,.' and 
mo.'itly of 5.00O. 'capacity, at No"' 
York (Roxy), WashinRtpn, Brook- 
lyn, Detroit, Philadelphia, Newark, 
Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. 
Louis, Los Angeles and San I<^"an- 
cisco, These are In addition to the 
present Fox vaudeville (vaucifllm) 
theatres. In Philadelphia Fox con-' 
ternplates a 5,o6o-3eater on top of 
the two present Fox picture the- 
atres there at present. 

. Fpx, by, taking. the F «S;'R chain, 
ha.s. taken care of the nprth western 
end, provided I?ublix and Lpcw do 
n.pt withdraw their houses on the 
slope, including Portland and 
Seattle. - ■• 

Need Operator 

It is said tliat the Stanley group 
was most anxious to secure tlie 
West Coast afllliJition in order to 
have I'^anklin as its theatre oi)er- 
ator. A similar thpiight is reported 
iield by the Koith-Albee peeple,' who 
recently added the Orpheum, Circuit. 
Both . chains are virtually without a 
picture house operator, K-A.is said 
to have offered to buy in on West 
Coast, Wt couldn't get Franklin 
down to oases. 

The control-purchase by Fox that 
stopped all Stanley negotiatlons.wiHi 
West Coast was a bombshell in tlve 
ranks of the First : National's New 
York executives. They had con- 
fidently anticipated the StanloyrW. 
C. affiliation, through Stanley and 
West Coast jointly holding First 
National control. By his purchase, 
Fox, with Stanley, if remaining to- 
gether on the First National propo- 
sition, will have a say in the busi- 
ness and prpducing directipn pf a 
cunip<.''titiii.£T producer. It Is perhap.'< 
the first time, outwardly,, tha;t has 
occurred in the film trade. 

If Publix and Loew's '. withdraw 
their coast deluxe hbuises from the 
West Coast operation and aissoci- 
atiph, along pdssibly with them 
leaving West: Coast, will be United 
Artists theatres, likewise now West- 
Coiast operated. 

. While Jn the battle of the. chains 
expected to follow If this occurs, 
it Is. also said that a fight 
for supremacy In Sirst National 
may again come up, under the prep- 
osition that Fox and Stanley will 
not be in unison on Pirst •National, . 
Fox and Stanley have been battlers 
ever since Fox boldly walked into 
Philadelphia with a Ipnie house, to 
fight Stanley in Ita home camp, at 
the cost of all the Stanley prpduct 
buying patrpnage. 

The .Inside 

Tp the observant bunch In "Times 
Square the Inside pn the Fpx- West 
Coast deal appears to be that 
Franklin . got the Irnpression Nick 
Schenck and Sam Katz wanted to 
lock him up In California, ; That 
thought must have hit Franklin 
when he found the W. C. proposed 
deal with Stanley was not top 
cordially received by his New York 
theatre-operating associates, and 
that he was asked by either. Katz 
or Schenck why he had enoVoached 
upon their territory by taking over 
the Saxe houses In Wisconsin. If 
the reports on this phrase are ac- 
curate, the Wisconsin comment 
must have convinced Franklin his 
former Publix associate, and Mr. 
Schenck thought the Pacific Slope 
plenty big enough for him. It evi- 
dently did not colncfde with Frank- 
lin's views. 

It was at this Juncture, the ac-. 
count says, that. Franklin convinced 
' Richard Hoy t and -John Dillon- of 
Hayden Stone, that the Fox deal 
would be preferable to the Stanley 
proposition. Some antagonism had 
alsp developed on the Stanley end 
when Jacob Fabian of Newark de- 
manded that he go to the head of 
the Stanley company or withdraw 
his Newark string from that con- 
nection, .if withdrawing, Fabian 
bfferbd to pay the Stanley company 
a profit reported at around $1,500,- 
000. .; . 

• With the nop' of the Stanley- West 
Coast negotiations happening, .the. 
cliange.s . in executive direction of 
the Stanley Company came, as re- 
ported elsewhere in this i.'=:sue., .Tohn- 
MtGuirk - retired from .his $05,000 
annual salary as Stanley's presi- 
dent, to become chairman of the' 
Stanley's hoard and probably liang-' 
ing onto hi.s ."'alary agreement. 

Provio.usly to assuming command 
of WestlCpasJ:,.. Fran klin^ h 
in (Ti;u-.''' of Pijlilixr In which post 
he was succeeded by Katz. 

As .also leco.uiitcd elsewhere, the 
Wilhdiawal of the Publix-Loew bly 
first riina In L. A. and San Fran- 
cisco would leave West Coast with- 
out a de luxe in the downtown dit;- 
trict of either city, with that con- 
dition prevolent until' either Fox 



builds out there, or Kox \ia Wo.st 
Coast make other conneetlons. 

.One of those connections eouUl be 
ICeith-Albee walking into the Fox- 
Franklin deal, tliereby giving K-A 
the tjieutre . (iperalOr it so .^orely 
needs in Franiilin, and givin.!? West 
Coast tlie.bi.i^ Orpliemn theatres on 
the' coast, which could he convert ihI 
overnight from vand-film into, pres- 
entation houses, ''rhlfl Is considered 
very unlikely by the observers. 

Film Service 

In film service, the situation is 
even more conipU^x' upon the coast. 
Though ■ Paratn'oiint •. And ■ Metro- 
Goldwyn-Mayeiv i-eniained' ' with 
their ehains and lieki ilioir. servie.es 
to the Publix and Loew's fh-st riin.s, 
neither of the big film producers 
.would have siiHi.eient . coa.<'t outlet 
to r'eckeri . against their present 
gro.ss circulation in the 250 theatres 
of West Co.ast In the slope terri- 
tor.v. 

With Fox's present list of 475 
theatres,, the entire, possibility of a 
comju't i tlve eomplex ion may . elianiire. 
T-lve. irox-string is„ claimed to'-now be 
top big for .any producer, t.o ignore, 
. Fox's Sure Benl^fit 

On service Fo.x will greatly liene- 
lU in ainy event. . Sliould Tar and 
M-G-M .be; held out of the ,.W. C. 
theatres, the indie producers would 
have an in to no limited '.extent, an- 
other situation I'ar and M^G-M 
might pi-efer . to avoid. In figuring 
film service for the Coast First Na- 
tioii'al.' ranks with: Par apd M-G-^T 
ahd posslblj'- going their way, un- 
less Fox can u.so infiuence. 

Fox at present has a film service 
agreement with ran tages. that takes 
in th(3; coast. . For What time ..or. to 
what extent iindcr that contract is 
not known. Also up to now Fox 
has had but one theatre in Cali- 
fornia playing his Movietone, tho 
Tower, an independent. In Los An- 
geles, a sm.ail '. house but well, lo- 
cated downtown.' 

Neither Messrs. Fox or Franklin 
has been seen within the week by a 
Vai'lety reporter. It is thought the 
film trade would prefer the reports, 
fairly reliable, to a stereotyped 
statement. At a convened meeting 
in the Fox ofilces liast Wednesday 
.night, William Fpx made al verba 1. 
announcement of his, purchases. Mr. 
Dillon was present and offered 
whlsperied suggestions td Fox but 
said nothing himself tp the news- 
papermen. The latter were Invited 
to ask any questions, but few took 
advantage. Franklin, who was 
present at the start of the an- 
noiincement gathering, left before It 
had fairly gotten uhderw;ay. 
A Season in Time 

In referring to the West Coast 
circuits and , without mentioning 
Franklin by narrie, Fox called their 
present administration ' of West 
Coast "the perfect management." 

Tlie picture business, appeared to 
well regard the Fox movements. It 
also seemed the irhiiresslon that tho 
deal operated mostly in Fox's 
favor fpr prestige and Influence. 
Fox's playing time, east and west, 
cannot yet be computed for stage 
shows. It Is easily a season just, 
now for the average pllcturc house 
'stage turn. • 

In sci-vice the W. C. .acquisition 



.iiive.x Fox Ari?.oi!a as a practle;.'. 
(•Io.><ed ,:<t:ite l iir, tlie l<'<jx prod nets. 
With other closed seeti.>ns, Fox i-: 
estim;Ufd to have ITVj por cent, in 
all of this, most de.-^tra Hie teri'itory. 

..An immediate ea>teni reaction tf 
'tlii> Fcix eoiisiilid.atiun' is i(iri..^i>;>n ii. 
the i)redieted fast .^tep ' aU-n,:,' tlra- 
will be undertaken by liie ><tanle\- 
company, if not . by .DtViers '-^-hleii 
may bo a(;reeted' mmli or little,' 



, . Jilil wauki'e, .Tan- 31, 
Acquisit ion of the Mid weseo; for- 
merly Saxe. chain of Milwaukee 
and Wisconsin . hoiises by Fox ho.?- 
sot this old bnrg on il.>< ear. 
. Tlie 43 houses, are the key to the 
movie situation, in Wisoonsih; 

The former Saxe hou.ses an 
stocked, to the hilt Svith First Is'a- 
tioiial, Metro-Goldwyn and. Para- 
niount bookings. Fox- has not had 
ail Inroad here with liis lilms at the- 
downtown, the.itres with the excep- 
tion of a few speeials, and most of 
regular releases went into '.the com- 
bo hoiJseJt:-'— \ 



SLEIFER, U. A.'S DIV. MGR. 

.7. SK'ifer has been appointed 
by Al Llc'lunian. of Ifnlted Artists 
sjiles . divisitin manager of district. 
No, 1, including New. York, Phila- 
delphia, Boston, BulTalo and New 
1 laven.- . • '; 

Sleifer's last coniie.elion wfis. with 
I'niversal as m;>nager of -its thea- 
tres in the west,. 




London "Evening Newa^'i 

"Joe Termini, the lazy- 
musician, who, saying 
never a word, is. entertain^ 
mg London night-club 
and music hall audiences." 




ENOCH 
LIGHT 



AND 



HIS ORCHESTRA 



NOW AT LOEW-METRO-GOLDWYN'S 





The Largest Theatre in the World PA1V.IS 

Packing I 
Them f 
In • 

AND If 

HOW ii 

NO THEATRE TOO BIG! 
NO PALACE TOO FINE! 1 

—NOTE- 
ENOCH LIGHT and his orchestra will have the Honor of playing 
at the ELYSEE PALACE for the President of France 
This is tho first time a jazz band has ever played in the 
President's Palace 




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VARIETY 



FILM REVIEWS 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



A RACE FOR LIFE 

(Continued from page.UJ) 

Recommended far. the Very fipjiarcnt 
skill it demonstratetj in tlio art ol" 
constructing a theatrical scaifolU- 
ing a.rounu a quiidrupod loading 
man. 

As Ilin-Tin-Tin is thp proCos- 
.aionfil father of . all the ciiu-ma pups 
and has been a star and a money- 
maker for- a. longer time . than any 
other wobC-woof hero, it is. not «u.r ' 
prising that there Is a ocrUiiiv fac- 
tory-like cffciency in Die turnint? 
out of these, piotures, . Tlicire is cer- 
tainly nothing. in tliis one that cotUd 
be . called even a now; variation of 
old stuff. Yet it possesfjois a confi- 
dent- jnannor, as if director, scenar- 
ist and. dog. trainer wore sure of 
their goal and. driving, slr.aight 
•for 'it.. ■ •. .. • ■ 

Enjoyment of a picture, such, as 
this- requires a naive and scnti- 
mon(;iI disposition plus a regard 
for dogs.. Where and when dogfpie- 
turcs are e.xliihiled in big cities it 
Is. invariably as one-half of a 
. double-feature bill. 

In tiie sm.iller. communities liow- 
...evjcr, . the dog opera can and d.oc^= 
stand 'o'Qne, unaided and unai>ol()- 
gclic. Vri'r these stands "A Race for 
Life wiU prob<ably be okay. There 
is enou.*rh heart tug of a sort to 
.have. the kids whistling at Saturday 
mati.riees. 

Bobby Gordon plays Rin-Tih- 
Tin's boy friend and is the only 
player with much to do. Gordon; 
hiny be the.iad he Is represented to 
be, but the rnany-sided versatiUl->- 
of his boyishness suggests ad- 
vanced years and . considerable 
trouping. . 



WEB OF FATE 

Dallas M.. Fitzperald production rcloas.ii] 
t>y Peprles.i. Story and direction by Fi'.z- 
RPrnld. Lillian Rich featured. Cjist in- 
cludes EuKcne Stronif, Henry Gedlny, Ed- 
•ward Coxen, Frances Raymond. At 
I^oew'H, Now Tork. on double- bill, Jan. 27. 
Running: time, A9 mine. 



support from "nathes" of any sort, 
Lillian Rich, featured, is the only 
one with any pi-obabl6 box office 
rcgis.trj-. 

It. .is a drama of - high jinks 
amongst the swells and depfcnds 
upon tlie w.k. „ di.'vice of two gals 
wlio look alike, the ihnOcent one be- 
ing liliirn^vd for ilie murders and one 
thing or artotlicr of tho Ioos<?Tjimbo. 
.Tiic usual misuiiderstandings ore 
okayed in tlie end, when news- 
paijcrihen discover, the hard-boiled 
jane, thereby .saving pur Nell from 
the hqojiogow. '' >. ' 

Lillian Rich, turned blonde, uses 
a snycr to idt'iitify the n.g. gal. 
When playing the : heroine she 
.,soems very swect. It isn't a bad 
ni"a] d('t{ul arc al)()Vc ."quickie" 
job of duo-oharacterizatlon. 
• Production, continuity and tech- 
standards; . ■ 



A fair state righter, without much 




CREATOR OF 
STAGE'BAND 
ENTERAINMENT 

Known as tlio 

"PAUL ASH POLICY" 



BACK HOME AGAIN 

BAI.AnAN & KATZ 
ORtENTAL THEATRB, CHICAGO 
WAtCH MY SMOKEI 



'KXVl.VBlYETJ^ COLUMBIA 
BET50ia>XNO ~A^ 



Paul Ash Presentation Staged by 
LOUIS McDERMOTT 



There la No Substitute for 
Paul Ash Entertainment 



INDES AND SAPIRO 

.'.Continued from page 9) , 
they ar& now unable to buy film at 
any price. Sapiro belieVes . that 
while it might affect the chain the- 
atres unfavorably jt would help the 
distributors gauge the. ^exact amount 
of product needed to fill the wants 
of a combination and know the 
price they could get, and it will be 
a higher . price than , they are now 
getting from their own theatres. 

Some of the exhibitors leading 
the movement f9;* the combination 
And themselves '. In . the position 
where they cannot buy pictures at 
any price on account of producer- 
owned theatres in their neighbor- 
hoods. . An independent chain con- 
sisting of 10 houses cannot get a 
picture in Brooklyn if a BOO-seat 
chain house in that territory wants 
It. The loss in revenue affects the 
producer as well ajs the independent 
theatre operator. 

Stopping "Trustification" 

The combination of Indies would 
be in a position to deprive any pro- 
ducing organization of from |2,000,- 
000 to $3,000,000 In reyeniie. and no 
single producing company can stand 
the loss of that amount of business. 

This- combination could also curb 
tho construction of theatres by pro- 
ducers; not by law, but by discon- 
tinue buying Its films. 

A buying combination of this 
kind, under capable leadership, is 
probably the most practical solu- 
tion of Independent exhibitor trou- 
bles. If the deal is consummated It 
may end what the independents 
have been calling, "The, trustifica- 
tion of the motion picture industry." 
5-Year Contract 
Sapiro's attitude on the proposed 
combination, and .the viewpoint of 
the independents Joining, Is that 
they are npt going to war. The lat- 
ter believe the producers should 
welcome the combination aince, It 
will give th^m, for the first time, 
a central, responsible figure, repre- 
senting exhibitors, to deal with. 

According to the terms of the 
contract drawn up and expected 
to be signed within 10 days, Sa- 
piro's power with the exhibitors 
will exceed that of Hays with pro- 
ducer."? and distributors. Sapiro is 
to be given 100 per cent, power of 



attorney. OTar about the theatres 
now In the deal, for five . years; 
The exhibitors asked Sapiro to aa<^ 
sume that jurisdiction. 

The exhibitors were also respon- 
sible for a proposed clause in the 
contract to the effect that the as- 
sociation may take an injunction 
to-stop any member who wishes to 
resign. 

One of the most fkr-reaching re- 
sults this epnnbination will be 
the elimination of the speculative 
btiilder. The association's rules may 
provide against accepting for merh- 
bershlp ajiy operatoi* putting up a 
theatre In an over-theatred lLre^x. 
Circuits controlled by producers will 
be requested to stop, building : in 
sections where they threaten inde- 
pendent members of the association, 
or where tnere are* already enpiigh 
seats. Circuits siafferjhg trom over- 
building should profit through this 
arrangement. 

..Small houses owned by independ- 
ent circuits and operating at a logs 
will be (Closed, These would have 
been closed long ago but for the 
probability thtit some other oper- 
ator would rush In. The associa- 
tion rules will provide that no mem- 
ber shall operate or assume for 
operation any house closed by a 
member ol the organization, unless 
purchasing' the privilege or with 
consent of. the former operator. 



LITERATI 



Arthur L. Clarke Dead 

Arthur aj. Clarke, 58, managing 
editor of the San Jose "Mercury- 
Herald," lied at San Jose, Calif., 
Jan. S4, following an apoplectic 
stroke. 

Mr. CBarke secured his early train- 
ing on the Omaha "Bee." He was 
associated with Hearst newspapers 
for about 18 years and served as 
executive on ^ publications operated 
In Boston, New Tork, Chicago, San 
Francisco .nd Los Angeles. 

I>uringr the Boer War he was cor- 
respondent for the Chicago "Trib- 
une" in South Afrk:a and also rep- 
resented It ii^ Liondon -and Paris. 

The ■ doeeased wad kown as the 
"father of the tabloid," having es- 
tablished the New York "Illustrated 
(Dally) News^, the first dally tab- 
loid In the east. 
He Is survl 'd by his widow and 
two sous, Richard "W., art editor 
of the New York "Wprld" and 
Rodger Ix, eountry editor of the 

Mercury-Herald.". 



pushover, so he iravo the peasants 
the works and ended up on the 
main stem with his own show. 
This book started like a smash 
and looks set for a run." 



JAY 
BROWER 




SENATOR 



Theatre, Sacramento, Cal. 

Direction FANCIION and MARCO 



Kidding 

In a reeent issue of Tilfe," the 
humorous weekly, Is a piece by one 
W. J. P., Jr., entitled •'Variety's 
Critic Reviews "Elmer Gantry':" 
This bit attracted much attention 
amongr the 87% per cent. Intellectu- 
als. It ffoea: 

"This ought to 'be a panic. 
Name not too hot, but it's a sexy 
with a new twist, and Lewis' 
rep'a a cinch' to click with the 
brows. The plot Is about a big 
prayer-and -sermon man who 
starts out playing the sticks till 
his act brodys. Then he picks up 
with a round -heeled gal who has 
a big time preaching road show. 

"This doll has plenty of s. a. 
and they lay 'em out in the aisle 
'til her church bums up and the 
dame gets bumped off. Gantry 
takes It on the lam In the fire and 
then shows up as a, hero. 

"TMb kibitzer's ace-deuce line 
hooks him up with another blg- 
tlme outfit. He always milked 
: the audience with an act . full of 
larceny, but It Held up the exIMs^^ 
Gantry two-ilmed his ball and 
chain and gave the others plenty 
of fast counts, but they never 
squawked. He was a heel, but 
the Blble-lMMStlng game was a 



Stage Fan on Side 

Thomas G. Stowell, well knowh 
amateur actor and playwright, has 
been elected president of the Legls- 
latlvo Correspondents' Association 
of the State of New York, and as 
such will have charge of the annual 
dinner and show at the Ten Eyck, 
Albany, March 8. Stowell, who ha;s 
been a political writer on various 
papers for miany yeai's, is now with 
the NeW York "Herald Tribune." 
With his wife, Fayo Smiley, and 
Jacob Golden, manager of Proctor's 
vaude house in -T;*roy, Stowell or- 
ganized . the Albany Players; . who 
have made professional appearances 
In the Capitol district, The annual 
show is attended by officials and 
politicians as well as some of the 
Broadway gang'. 



Another Critic Let Out 

Bob Swayze, dramatic editor of 
the Portland, Ore., "Journal" ; for 
eight years, was let out recently on 
a moment's notice. Swayze was 
considered one, of the ace critics in 
the Pacific northwest. 

Reason for Swayze's departure 
is not known. Grant Showerman, 
reporter on the same paper. Is at 
Swayze's desk. Firing of Swayze; is 
the second for local critics, the pre- 
vious one being handed Don Skene, 
formerly drama editor of the 
"Morning Oregonian," now a mem- 
ber of the sports department on the 
New York "Herald .Tribune." 



O'Neill and the Mob 

The stiff rapping Eugene O'Neill 
has gotten for his "Marco Millions" 
from the Algpnrfuin seti of writers 
is figured a.long' Broadway as being 
due to two things— one being 
O'Neills refusal to sign up as a 
member when he's In town and the 
other Alex Wbollcott's lack of 
friendship for George Jean Nathan, 
who called Alex the Seidlitz powder 
of Times Square. 

Nathan was the O'Neill champion 
long before the famous draniatlst 
became famous, while O'Neill Is the 
sort of fellow, famous or not, who'd 
not give a rap whether, he ate In 
the Algonquin a.t a round table or 
at the Astor or in a cafeteria. 

Another WooUcott peeve is said to 
be his irritation at one of the roles 
in O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," 
which the Guild opened this -week. 
The role is that of Marsden, one of 
the three men who go alfter the 
woman of the play. Marsden Is the 
one who outwaits the othiers. 

Meanwhile O'Neill's "Marco Mil- 
lions," which some of the boys have 
been rapping plenty, sticks an ex- 
tra matinee in weekly from now on 
to take care of the trade, which so 
far has been standee. 



Walter in some ways Is still an ac- 
tor* . 



Getting "Rejections" Across 

A method successfully used 'by. 
some of the now. standard periodical 
contributors is that of sending thejr 
rejected stuff to the outstanding 
columns like F. P: A.'s, Hi Phillips 
In the "Sun;" Russell Grouse in Vf he 
New York "Evening Post," et al., 
for gratis publication. The effect of 
landing it in type and making tho 
publication tliuig recall it has had a 
psychological effect. 

In many cases the skits and short 
stuff are more impressively set. up 
and printed than when coming 
through the mails along with a raft 
of manuscript to the editors. The 
latter are known to read the hu- 
morous columns and it was in this 
wise that at least one author com- 
manded isuch attention that the edi- 
tor of a national comic weekly sent 
for him for a little Chat. The writer 
told the editor that everything he 
had seen in the daily columns were 
rcjectiohs. 



Jim Europe's Memoirs 

Noble SIssle, colored composer 
and singer, now in London, Is writ-- 
.ing "The Memoirs of Jim Europe," 
which will be published by Sears & 
Co., It will be off the press In Feb* 
ruary. 

SIssle was a partner of the fla- 
mous colored bandmaster and served 
overseas with Colonel Hay ward's 
celebrated fighters from Hell's 
Kitchen. ' 



Winchell as an Actor 

"Graphic" is syndicating Walter 
Winchell's "Diary of Joe Zilch" 
weekly. The feature deals with a 
small-time vaudevilllan and his 
wife and partner. Zilch and Zilch. 
It is mostly based on Walter's own 
experiences as an actor when play- 
ing on the Pantages vaude circuit. 



The Talk of Chicago 

ED MME'S 

ORGAN CLUB 

HARDING THEATRE 

90lh Week and SiiU Cromng 



. Bradford. Merrill's lllheGS 

Bradford Merrill, long a leading 
executive with the Hearst news- 
papers, who was taken ill some 
months ago, remains in serious con- 
dition. Although under treatment 

(Continued on page 47) 




MEROFF 

and ORCHESTRA 



THE MOST VERSATILE OF 
LEADERS 




OKEH RECORDS 

WURLITZER INSTRUMENTS 



NOW 



MARKS BROS. 

$3,000,000 

MARBROiihcl GRAN ADA 

THEATRES 

CHICAGO 



A DANCING DEPARTURE 

JUST COMPLETED A PUBLIX TOUR 



RE-ENGAGED FOR PAUL OSCARD'S "DANCING FEET' PRESENTATION 

RICHARD (Limberlegs) EDWARDS 



PF^SENTlNG His 
NOW 



OWN DANCING CONCEPTION OE^E ^^EAL ROGICi 
28) AT THE METROPOLITAN, BOSTON 



u)iih Entire Ptthlix Circuit to Follow 
Direction WM. MORRIS 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



VARIETY 



27 




That's the Week's Gross at SKOURAS' AMBASSADOR, St. Louis, For 




And that isn't all! It hit the high spots at the GRANADA, SAN FRANCISCO, 
with $24,008.00 for the week; nearly $10,000.00 at the CAPITOL, ATLANTA; 
it's a million-dollar picture, with YOU EXHIBITORS getting the "^jll«>"^_^^^ 
it for your house and celebrate! And while the line is forming to ^^^j^^^^ 
COHENS AND KELLYS IN PARIS" slap your play dates down NOW^for 
"THE CAT AND THE CANARY," "LES MISERABLES," "WE AMERI- 
CANS," "LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE" and LAURA LA 
PLANTERS latest and greatest, "FINDERS KEEPERS," made from the Mary 
Roberts Rinehart story; then you CAN celebrate! 



Starring GEORGE 
SIDNEY and J. PAR- 
REL MACDONALD, 
with Vera Gordon, 

Gertrude As tor, Kate 
Price. Adaptation and 
continuity by Al. 
Cohn. Screen supervi- 
sion by Joseph Poland. 
A WILLiAM BEAU- 
DINE PRODUC- 
TION. 




Here's proof 
_p i t i y e . thsLt 
Universal has 
the box-office 
winners. 



UNIVERSAn 

"13 WASHINGTON SQUARE" 

Vvonv Lenn- Scott's fimious novel and. 1.)ipr N, Y. slafrc success. Willi this ^Toat c.i-^l : J^;-"^^' JV'''Vm'! ;a w v 
ALICE J.6Y.CK. ZA/AT PITTS,, GEORGE LEWIS. PIELEN j I- K'OMl', I'VOI )^ . A M J .1 - I • Kn\\ 

i>]^oi)Tv""'.r(C)X. 

REGINALD DENNY in "THAT'S M^^ 

])ircctc<l by iM-cd .Miicycr. With BAKP.AKA KI'N'T, LTLLIAX RK f(, ~\ a-v Mnr;o^, 'l-.m f>.:-.ion, 
Lticillc LaVcrnc . (cliiM actress). 

"LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS 




StarriuL- MARY i'illLlWX. With the famous "Merry-Go-Round" ca>t, iuclndiiiM- N'^ ^'-^ ^-^ Kl..KkV. 
liETTY COMl'SOX, GiCOKGE SIECiMANN, H. li. W AT-T 1 1 Al/I „ . MM-n-UA MM 1"\ 
l)irected bv A. 'I'.. DT'POXT. \yh', made "Variety." 



28 

# — - 



VARIETY 



Y A U D E V 1 L L E 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



'DUMB' ACTS OF NOmn TYPE 
ORGAMZE-WHITE COLORED 

Federated Novelty Acts, New Society, With 125 
Represented at Start— Several Objectives— Jack 
Wilbur Credited as Organizer 



.. . Willi the Fedorated Xovolly Acts 
now a reality, it Is an prpan ization 
in wliich (inly novelty acts .can 
aftiliatP. 

Tho Fcdeifitdd held an open meet- 
ing in. International hall. 424 West 
49th street, New York, Jan. 26. Billy 
Crb.ss (Six Abdallahs) presided and 
outlined the purpose of the meet-: 
ihff. Among other speakers were 
Ben Bellolair (Bellclair Brosi.). Alex 
and Fellix Patty (Patty Bros.) and 
Jack' Wilbur. 
- • • Juok- Wilbur; •\\ hD was tt)p^ mounter, 
with Joe Rexfqrd in the Rexford 
Troupo and later- with . the Spencer 
Si-ster.-s andW.ilbur in vaudeville, 
is ■ the organizer primarily of the 
F. N. A. He told what the oi-gan- 
ization- stood for. 

The F. N. A. in'oposos to combine 
all merited novelty acts into one 
a.sSociation; to create ways and 
means of marketing their product 
with the public; to encourage 
originality in novelty acts in order 
tliat they may regain the Interest 
in which they were held when 
vaudeville was in its infancy ; . to 
protect the originators of new nov- 
elty material against infringement 
by imitators; to discourage the 
booking' of foreign novelty ' acts 
without ■ at least 20 consecutive 
weeks prior to their departure for 
. this aide;; to establish a minimum 
wai^e .scale for . all worthy novelty 
acts; to creat a fund for members 
in distress; to establish a perma- 
nent summer and winter quarters 
for members close to New: York, 
and their animals, with training fa- 
cilities suitable for every kind of 
. a novelty act; to suppPy a complete 
list of novelty acts available for cir- 
cuits, and circuses without charge; 
not to create or allow to be created 
any individual or body of individ- 
uals with authority or power equal 
to the will of the majority of the 
rank, and file, and that the will of 
the majority shall rule; and all 
matters of importance to the asso 
clatlon's, welfare must be decided 
by a referendum vote. 

Coming Over on Spec 
It is declared by members that 
In many other seasons acts have 
come from Europe on speculation; 
that some have been booked for one 
or two weeks pending prospective 
continuous dates, only to be left 
high and d»-y and no opportunity 
to play at all : where the time is 
lllled. 

The F. N. A. says it has nothing 
to sell other, than the membership 
right to voice its feelings at the 
regular meetings, which are to be 
held once a- week, with the referen- 
dum vote the deciding factor. A 
sugge.stion box is now at 226 West 
47th street, used as the temporary 
hendquarters of the association 
Members are invited to. drop in any 
and all suggestions Umt might im- 

prove Jhe Qrgaj.ilzatipn. _ 

.The next closed meeting will be 
held in 'about two weeks, when an 
election of offlceria will be held. 

The F. N. A. Ijaa no restrictions 
on its member.ship, except it must 
be Of "novelty act" classiflca:tion 
Colored turns will be admitted as 
well as white. . . 

Novelty acts include circus acts, 
. . illusion t urns, etc. ; .'VU dumb turns 
. that dep(?nd on noveliy to put them 
over in theatres and under c^invas. 
12S Respond 
. Tiiei-e w-ero about 125 at the meet 
infj last week, aceepted as an In 
dication that . the . F. N. A. Is at 
trat-ting attention. 

In recent .seasons dumb acts have 
found time hard to get, especially 
consocMitively. Where many acts 
elaiiii novelty, the result has been 
retroiu'tive In the .sense that it has 
-ivcn tlie wrong ihipre.^sion to the 

oiit.'^ide. 'world. ' 

--*-=---r-=='p]yf.^-l^i\- -^X7^ A%^ clainvs= thati of-. 

pi f-.^cnt personnel they are all work 
inu', iind that is one reason wliy 
)vic<'lint;s have bt'on called for 11 
)) ni. in.stead of earlier: so'that acts 
,,,11 i'.-))ort following their usual 
) I i u: 1 1 1 's performance. 



Albee Talks to His 
Managers, Then Blows 

B. P. Albee spoke before a 
meeting of the Keith- Albee 
house managers last Wednes- 
day, bewailing present busi- 
ness conditions on the K-A 
circuit, and beseeching the. 
managers to get a hustle on. . 

Saturday Albee Ifef t. for iPalm 
Beach and his house managers, 
to J:heir- houses. 



IFILM NAMES STAMPEDE 
TOWARD YAUDEVlltE 



George Walsh opens ' tomoyrow 
(Thursday) In "K. O.," a new 
sketch, at the Tilyou theatre. Coney 

Island. . 

Bon Tur pin la scheduled fbr a 

vaude fling In two weeks in a com- 

ledy Idetu ' 

Ian Keith and Ethel Clayton are 
scheduled for the Riverside, New 
York, In two weeks. 

Just as soon as suita-ble sketches 
can be found for both Renee Adoree 
and Irene Rich .they will, be given 
vaude . dates. 



FLOP INSTALLMOrr PLAN FOR 
ADS BY K-A IN N. V. A. PROGRAM 

Slips Enclosed With Contracts to Actoi^ Generally 
Ignored — Outside Houses K-A Booked Also 
Ignored Requests—rMoney Scheme Goes Wrong 

] — — — . . . ' 4. •■" — . . 



Gloria Foy Gets 

$200 Plus Retraction 



Agent Asb Commish from 
Dorothy Mackaye, in Jaul 

Dorothy Mackayc; widdw of Riay 
Raymond, for whoise death Paul 
Kelly ia serving a prison tei-m at 
San Quentln, Calif- will have to de- 
Ifend Jenie Jacobs' commission suit 
for $1,200 by deposition. Th§ case is 
up for trial shortly. J. Lewis Lind- 
ner, representing Miss Mackayc in 
New York, has given notice he is 
Ireidy.-' - . : ' . 

Miss Mackaye is also serving a 
limited prison term .of o"ne year for 
concealment of facts in connection 



A Little Rough, But— 

In front 6£ the Palace Mon- 
day afternoon: "This new 
Kelth-Albee-Orpheum combine 
is hooked uif with Pathe pic- 
tures exclusively. Isn't It?" 

"Yeah, over de MlUe to de 
poorhouse." 



Marx Bros, for W. C. 
$10,000 Weekly and RCt. 

rios .Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Four ,^arx Brothers In "Cocoa- 
nuts" (stage) in San Francisco will 
start a tour for West Coast circuit 
opening at the Metropolitan here. 



Gloria Foy, readying for rehears- i concealment ol iacts m conu^^.-."" i _ a'^r.y, „ guarantee of $10,000 
als in the new Shubert operetta, L^ith the death of her husband and Feb. 9, with a guarantee ot »iu,u«u 
"Under the Red Robe,^' with Walter for which Kelly wais convicted. She a week against a percentage oi ine 
Woolf and karry K. Morton, settled la ei prisoner of the State of Call- |gi.ogg 
si, $100,000 libel claim for $200 and fomj^ and could not. b6 extradited 
a retraction by the New York in legal custody as was the case re- 
"Graphlc." cently when she was temporarily re- 

It started with a squib that Gloria | leased in a Califor nia civil a ction. 
Fay, an actress, was suing Charles 



Schwartz for a separation and 
Schwartz' parents for alienation of 
affections, because of a difference in 
creed. With the yarn was Miss 
Foy's photograph. 

The Fay and Foy name similari- 
ties confused the ''Gr.aphlc." 

The tabloid settled for $200 which 
it offered Miss Foy, -in addition to 
a published correction. J. Lewis 
Lindner acted for the actress. 



JAKE LUBIN'S VACATION 

Loew's BobkinB Head Finally Takes 
Rest— Away from New York 



No one Is taking the credit but 
someone must have chloroformed 
Jake Lubin and put him aboard a 
boat for Havana. 

Anyway the head of the Loew 
booking office Is down in the South- 
. •) land for Ave weeks, with Marvin 
Janette Gilmore as "Rio" Schenck m charge of the Loew 

I ^^^g during Jake's absence. 



■iChe contract provides that after 
one week here they will go to the 
Granada, San Francisco, and If 
business warrant West Coast will 
continue them for 14 subsequent 
weeks. 

.The deil calls for the Four Marx 
Brothers and about 20 of their peo- 
ple to appear in an act running 45 
minutes. It will probably be similar 
to the one the boys staged when; on 
the Orpheum Circuit . about Ave 
years ago. 

Tantages also had bid for the act. 



The Installment plan Idea on cor-; 
raling advertising for the N. V. A. 
program has proven a flop, from 
accounts. 

Despite a number, of acts haying 
been whipped into line to sign ad- 
vertising pledges and remit weekly 
on account, few have been doing 
It. It looks as If another literary 
teaser, may be issued any day. 

With most of the former Kelth- 
Albee standard acts on other cir- 
cuits, the deduction scheme has 
gone awry since the pledges call 
for remittances on K-A. ^^^^ 

Independently ' operated houses 
booking through K-A are also re- 
ported as having balked on the de- 
duction idea* refusing to be a col- 
lection agency. 

The pay weekly plan to Insur© 
forced advertising for the annual 
N.' V. A. program was hit upon last 
summer. With, issuance of K-A 
contracts, slips were enclosed and 
actors urged to sign the pledges. 
While not actually a part of the 
contract that Inference was at- 
tempted, with the acts looking upon 
the frame as applesauce. 

K-A and Orpheum circuits' . con- 
tracts sent abroad also contained 
the Blips, which received much the 
■ame reception. 



on"aV.F." 



Immediately on her return from 
London, Janette Gilmore was signed 
for the Ada May role in the Aus- 
tralian company of "Rio Rita." The 
American danseuse opens in Aus- 
tralia about April 15. The company 
is rehearsing in America. 

Miss Gilmore was abroad for sev- 
eral months in Laddie Cliff's review 
and at the Embassy club. 

FEAITKIE HEATH'S 60 WEEKS 

Prankle Heath is about four 
weeks into a 60 -week route laid out 
by the Keith-Albee and Orpheum 
circuits. She is currently playing 
Chicago. ^ 

Danny Collins arranged the book- 
ing. 

Mayer-Evans in Unit 

Los Angeles,. Jan. 31. 
Ray Mayer and Edith Evans, for- 
mer vaude and picture house sin- 
gles, now teamed, open ,wi3i. a Pub- 
lix unit In Chicago, Feb. 19. 



Eddie Lambert walked out of the 
I "Greenwich Village Follies" last 

Allen McOuade, Possible week m Boston, ■dissatisfied with ws 

/\licn , I opportunities. Rene Riano breezed 



Allen McQuade, Irish tenor, of the 
lAtwaxer Kent Radio hour, is con- 
templating vaudeville In the . early 
spring. . 

He will be under the mana;gernent 
1 of Jack Levels. . . 

EUTH EtDEE MISSES SHOW 

lios Angieles, Jan, 31. 
Ruth Elder missed her first 
show at the Pantages Monday, as 
the airplane in which she was fly- 
ing here from San Francisco broke 
down at Bakersfleld through en- 
gine trouble. ^ . 

On account of this delay the trip 
over th€i downtown shopping dis- 
trict before landing had to be post- 



f or the same reason and Blossom 
Seeley and Bennle Fields among 
others are equally dissatisfied with 
J, C. Huffman and J. J. Shubert's 
direction. 

Lambert, r^iqiimed for Keith-Albee 
In Washington this week. ' 



Pays Stray Wire Loss 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 
Jimmy Dunn, a performer work 
ing out of Mort Infield's office, has 
been advised by his attorney, Louis 
J. DuRocher, Chicago, that the 
Western Union Telegraph Company 
has reimbursed him in full for time 



Hayakawa's Substituted 
Support Without Notice 

A sudden switch in ca.sting of 
Sessue Hayakawa's act at the Pal- 
ace, New York, this week has Lu- 
cille Lortel playing opposite the 
Japanese film star. Instead of Gilda 
Kreegan, as announced. The shift 
was decided on . Saturda,y. aiid Is 
said to have been suggested by Max 
Gordon. V 

Miss Kreegan was at the theatre. 
Monday afterno'on ready to .^o. on, 
and claimed she knew nothing of 
the change. 



theatre for the second show in 
street clothes and doing three in 
stead of four shows the first day 



which was forwarded to Spring 
field, Mass.. Instead of Springfield, 
Mo., as directed. 

The amount Involved was $235. 




Joe Brown, Film Actor 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 

Joe Brown, who came to the coast 
as a star of the musical comedy, 
^Twinkle, Twinkle," Is now a pic- 
ture actor. 

He has been placed under con- 
tract by Ralph Ince at F.- B. O, 
through Jesse Wadsworth to do two 
pictures. The first Is now in pro- 
duction and called "Crooks Can't 
Win.*' His second, entitled "No- 
tices," is a story of the theatre 
which will also be directed by Ince. 

Others in the cast of the first 
picture are Thelma Hill, Sam Nel- 
son, Eugene Strong, James Eagle, 
Ralph Lewis and Charles Hall. , 



Rose Loses Ted Braun 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 
Rofee Perfect of "Scandals" Is 
single Jtgaln, Jler , divorce plea on 
grounds of cruelty, hoh-suppdrt', 
etc, has been granted against Ted 
Braun, N6w York theatrical . agent, 
.associated with Max Hart. 



1 YACHT CLUBBEES FILMHOUSE 

The Yacht Club Boys, concluding 
I their Orpheum tour, are in New 
I York: and .vvlll play picture houses.. 

t! D- Kemp, Jr., who. handles the 
[act. Is tied up with London produc- 
tion, returning Feb. 11 to England, 
I after a fortnight's stay over here, 
has placed the Yacht. Clubbers' busi- 
ness management in the hands of 
Lou Irwin. 



Importing Mex. Band 

Harry Fitzgerald, the agent, has 
under contemplation Importing a. 
ISrge " Sized 'native""" orchestra: from 
Mexico City. 

Fltzy claims the band will para- 
lyze New York and other points; 
that only know chile con carne by 
smell. 



PRISCILLA DEAN'S START 

Priscilla Dean opens for Loew to- 
morrow. (Feb; 2) at the Hillside. Ja- 
maica, L. I. She goes to Yonkei-.s 
the first half of next week. 

Sub.sequont bookings arc contin- 
ffen^lJiKm'tifeso''d " 

Miss Dean i-s doing a sketch by 
.Blanche Merrill. 



Madison Alone in B'klyn 

AN Iiii Fox's Kidg<;wood, IJrooklyn 
'iX. v.. going, pictures, the vaude 



JULIAN ELTINGE 



who caino 1^a.st to play four wccUb f or. KeltJh- Albee and is now in his 
fourtci-nth of capacity bu.'iinoss. . ... , .„ , , > 

Til.' n.-w a.'t is a peaii. an.l rvciT woman In America will w.-n t<i sc.- 
,' ii,>.,sish"b<>tweon the Fox house ;ind j tiho groiUcst. artist in his lino strut his sttilT. • 
l);. i-u Miuii.^on. K-A liii.s coas.'d. riayintj J'rortor's. Alk.nj, liii>: AVOCk (Fob. 2-6). 



Harrington and Maher Apart 

lIurrinKton and Maher have split 
as a vaude team. Mis.s Harrington 
will do an act with hor .sister, May 
Harrington. 

Maher ha.«: formed a 2-act with 
Jack Moon'^y. 



ADELAIDE-HOLBIIOOK TURN 

Adelaide (Adelaide and Hughes) 
has, formed a. dancing team with 
Wiliio Holbrook. (former partner of. 
Harriet Hoctor), and will open Feb. . 
20 at Fox's Audubon. 

Cliff Hess wrote the act and Riley 
Bros, are handling It.. 

Miss Adelaide haus not appeared 
since the death of her husband last 
July. Hanuet Hoctor was signed 
Individually by Ziegfeld. 

IRENE FRANXLIN'S RETURN 

■Irene I^^-anklin and her husband- 
pianist. Jerry Jarnigan.s.a.il Feb. 10 
o"n" lJi(S""Ker>hgariS''" 
open, at the Alhambra Feb. 20. 

The booking is for 10 wi;ck.><, and 
a quick return engagement. 

Act Burned Out 

Benton Harbor, Mich., Jan. 31. 
Stage property of Billy Purl and 
Co. WHS destroyed by fire in transit 
hero from Saginaw. 
. The a.i't is being rebuilt. . 



Wednesday, February I» 1928 



VAUDEVILLE 



VARIETY 



39 





UNITS WEST 







Helen Henderson May Haul Down $100,000 Besides 
Her De€ree--Reill Estate Man's Rough Ideas Cost 
Him Wife—And ThereV Plenty Others 



-Chicago, Jan. 31. 

Blanche Yurka, playing her^ in 
.♦•The S<iuall," was granted a di- 
vorce from Ian Keith, now in pic- 
tures, on allegations that Keith 
tossed a chair at her two weeks 
'ilfter they were married "in. 1922. ' - 

Claiming her husband beat her 
^hen she tried to stop him from 
hocking the ' family jewels, Mrs. 

Valeriia, Bruohas, opera singer, was 
freed of matrimony by Judge Lynch 
Jn Superior epurt. 

Helen Henderson, the former 
^'Follies'* girl who blew out on 60- 
year-old Aaron Benesch and all his 
millions la.st November, secured a 
divorce here Thursday on grounds 
of cruelly. Helen is going to get 
$100,000 in money besides, it is said, 
fihe charged Aaron took a couple of 
swats at hor in the Blackstdne hotel 
Oct. 16. ^ 

. Almq, Jane Wilday of "The Desert 
Song" rang the curtain down or 
Johann Borthclsen, aiHisti through 
Atiy. Ben IChrlich. Miss. Wilday got 
h«r decree on desertion alleged to 
have occurred in 1925. They were 
.married iscven years before that. 

Gentle Mate 

Charlotte Kelber, who works at 
the Frolics cafe under the name of 
Ellickson, obtained a decree upon 
testifying that Arthur E. Kelber, 
real estate man, pushed her down 
a flight of stialrs, broke her ankle, 
socked her in the Jaw; and kicked 
her. Mr. Kelber, says- Charlotte, is 
a jealous mate and got violently 
peeved when he futllely asked hei 
to give up show business.. The Kel- 
bers were married the first night 
they met in a night club-r-July 29, 
1925-r-at Crown iPolnt, Ind., where 
Buch things happen. As replace- 
ment for husbandly love Charlotte 
gets $50 weekly for support of two 
children, and the former family 
home at Brookfield, 111. Atty. Wm. 
F. Ader represented her. 

Claiming , Wm. F. Frledlander, 
actor, used to come home from 
prizefights, and demonstrate the 
punches on her, Lillian Frledlander 
secured a decree through Attorney 
Phil R. Diivis on cruelty grounds 
They were married ten years. 
■ Gene Lawrence. married to 
Fx-ancis Lawrence, father of Vin 
cent Lawrence, the playwriglit, has 
filed suit for divorce on charges of 
desertion. Mrs. Lawrence last ap- 
peared in "Adrlenne," and is also 
represented by Attorney Davis. 
Voice Wrecked Marriage 

Johnny Powell, of Moore and 
- Powell ^ (vaude), ^^^ahd — actually 
named Horace Lee Davis, has 
started suit against Pearl Dorothy 
Headford Davis on allegations that 
Pearl toolc him to Europe where 
eh* could study opera and refused 
to come home. Powell says he went 
•broke, after a while. When the wife 
refused to come, back to the States 
with him he had to return alone 
Ab far as i'owcli knows she is still 
in Italy. 

. V Earr Jinil, bond man and one 
time pitcher for the Cubs, has ob 
tained, divorce from Gloria Davis 
Jmil, now on the coast in pictures 
Juul claimed Gloria used- to- go on 
wild parties and took puiiohoe at 
hini. 

Gave Barnum Air 

. Barney Barnum (Balloy arid Bar- 
rum), David; J. Hodges, off stage 
was granted . a divorce from Irene 
L. Hodgos because he claimed she 
. gave him, the. :ai^-.while,.thcy . were 
istaylng at the Sherman House and 
hasn't been near him since 1924. 
Airs. Hodges had strenuous objec- 
tions to .'^liow business. Wm. Ader 
ihe attorney. . 

y George P. Downey, non-pro. 
il^rouKh BenJ- Ehrlich, got a decree 
l%gain8t Gertrude Claridgc Downey 
(Continued on i^affe 341 



m-CDIlST 





A" as in "Ahhswer 



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Chicago, Jan. 31. 

Becoming Impatient when he 
didn't receive immediate an- 
swer to a letter, an English 
actor " Wiried : to Attorney Ben 
Ehrlich: 

"I wrote you in British — is 
there a difference?" 



Another Indicator of Sever- 
ance of Business Relations 
Between . Publix and West 
Coast in California and 
Northwest— May Mean 
Fanchon and Marco Pres- 
entation P r o d ti c t i o n s 
Coming East 



MURDOCK MAY LINE UP K-A STAFF 




Major L. E. Thompson Made Gen. Mgr. K-A New 
York Theatres, Vice Maloney, Resigned— Lauder 
and Darling in Charge of All Bookings 



AL6EES IN PALM BEACH 
WITHOUT PAT CASEY 



Customary Winter trip Not- 
withstanding Recent Merger 
Deal and Other Business 



Palm Beach, Jan. 31. 
E. P. Albee and his . party from 
New York are here for their an- 
nual visit, arriving yesterday. 

Others are Mrs. Albee, Reed Albee, 
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Liauder and Wil- 
liam Mitchell. 

A noticeable alisentee on this trip 
is Pat Casey. 



The. Albee party left for the 
southland Saturday. 

It seem-id to surprise the vaude- 
ville section arid others upon hear- 
ing that in the midst of the present 
show business excitement through 
deals, mergers, and so on, Messrs 
Albee and Lauder would leave the 
center of the swirling at this time. 

J. J. Murdock remains at hia Keith 
Circuit headquarters. , 

It Is said Pat Ca^ey declined to 
make the Journey at this time, in 
view of the conditions and a great 
ly deferred decision to look after 
himself first. 



Ordered from City 

Kew London, Conn., Jan. 31. 

James O'Brien, 25, who went to 
New London with the alleged . In- 
tention of producing a show in that 
city, has been ordered by the court 
to make himself scarce within the 
city limits. 

O'Brien was arrested on a charge 
of intoxication and while awaiting 
trial, a second warrant, charging 
him with a violation of the Mann 
act, was served. In court, the Fed 
eral charge was dropped. 
~ He wW'fi costs tor 

Intoxication 'and ordered to leave 
the city. 



WABING'S NEXT WEEK 

Warlng's Pennaylvanlans' Palace 
booking has been set back a week 
until next week. The band l.s cur 
rent In Boston and last week broke 
a hous^ rule by staying a full week 
at the Coliseum, New Tork, other 
wise a K-A split weeker. 

Waring comes in for three weeks 
with an option for a fourth and 
may repeat at the Albee, Brooklyn, 
right thereafter. ' 



FIVE COAST WEEKS 



Chicago, Jan. 31. 
A coast'to-coast booked Publix- 
Loew presentation circuit, for its 
stage shows, will have been estab- 
ished late in February,, when the 
?"L unit headed by Mae Murray 
and opening at the Chicago theatre 
for a three- week tour of the local 
Balaban & Katz houses, will open 
n Seattle for Publix. 
It will play in turn Portland, San 
Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. 
After the latter city the unit will 
leap to Denver for the remainder 
of its eastern trip. 

Miss Murray will leave the unit 
upon completion of . the Chicago 
tinie, replaced by Accent and Jar 
nesco, dancing team. 



Significant or Synonymous? 

East Liberty, Pa., Jan. 31. 
Sign in front of local vaude- 
ville house: 
"The Wrenk of the Henperus"- 
yaudevlUe; 

"The Wreck of the. Ite.speru3" 
is a rathe picture, subsidiary 
of Keith-Albee. 

Pick your own. 



BILLY ROSE FLEW 
TO L A. IN PLANES 



Left New York Without Notice 
Jan. 20— Could Have Made It 
by Train jn Same Time 



AL FRIEND REVIVAL 

Al Friend, formerly of the vaud 
team of Friend and Downing will 
come out of retirement in alliance 
•with Billy Watkins. They will re- 
vive "The Smugglers" former 
lM'<nTd" atid'-Downlng act. -^-^-^^^^^^ 



Unit Show's Break-In 

A.' B. Marcus and' hl.s tab show 
Is breaking in for Loew, plciylng 
week Feb, 13. at Norfolk, Va. Fea- 
tured principal is Elmer Coudy, 
comic The Marcus Co, glvea .the 
l«ntr« show, a^i hour*. 



lioa Angeles, Jan. 81. 
A . decision by PubllxrLioew to 
launch their stage units for picture 
presentation all over the U. S. map, 
as reported, leaves Its conclusion of 
another Indicator that sooner, or 
later, Publix and Loew's will with- 
draw the Pacific Slope de luxe the- 
atres from their present operation 
by West Coast Theatres circuit. 

It Is believed here that if the 
P-L road units play, in this section. 
West Coast In reprisal will send its 
Fanchon and Marco 'Idea" units 
east, for genferal picture house stage 
booking. Thk will offer the F. & 
M. units in opposition to Publix 
and Loew's- theatres In eastern 
towns other tha.n those which may 
have Pox de luxe cheatres. 

The Xioew coast houses under 
operation by West Coast are the 
Warfleld, San Francisco and Loew's 
State, Los Angeles. Publix first runs 
are the Metropolitan here a:nd 
Granada, San Francisco. . Besldies 
Publix has houses under construc- 
tion in the northwest, due shortly 
to open, and other theatres toward 
Minneapolis way that will give it 
a complete route. 

United Artists 
West Coast Is also operating for 
United Artists the new U. A. the- 
atre here Just opened, also a couple 
of U. A. houses In the northwest 
also.. 

While the position or attitude of 
United Artists is not mado clear, 
it is ^efteniliy thoxrght If Publix 
and I/oew''! break away from the 
West Coast association in this sec- 
tion, Jo.s. M. Schenck will order the 
U. A. houses also U.. A. operated, 
unless making a deal for their 
handling by P^L*. 

Fox i.s building in San Francisco 
and claims to have a liOs Angeles 
site. . It Is also said he may. go 
into the. northwestern cities. ; 

In and around Loa AngcVf^s, West 
Coa.st has 60 of its thoatres, all 
playing plf^turcs or a combination 
policy . with pictures. None is In 
tho d()wntown section nor is any 
-a first run, though . any number 
could be made flr.st runs with the 
big de luxes off the We.st Coast 
r.Ii.nin. 

It is claimed by the West Coast 
people that tho. Publix-Loew stngc 
units corning into the cpa-^t Publix 
or T>oew first run do luxes . would 
create too large an ovorhead, and 
WgHl^^ber^oWe^mn^"^ 
the l-'anr'hon-Marco stng© .shows 
wnnld .h.ave to be pro'luned .at a 
liirwr ooHt than ■ thr-y h;ivo h<K-n. 
M.'iroo .and Fanfhon have been, or- 
Runlzing stage units travoiing over 
the W. C, time for some tlmo now. 
The F. & M. shows have, never beetx 



Iios Angeles, Jan. 31. 

F.illy Rose, song wfitcr, came to 
Los Angeles from New York via 
aeroplane, arriving here yesterday 
after going through several storms 
and. several forced delays. 

The reason for the risky trip Wil- 
liam hinted to a Variety reporter at 
the flying field was none other than 
Fannie Brlce, whose songs he 
writes. She was present at the 
field. There were hp other friends 
present and the only sheet repre- 
sented was Variety, so it didn't look 
like a publicity frame for Fannle's 
present Orpheum toun 

Rose expects to remain on the 
coast three weeks. He is believed 
to be the first professional ever to 
make the trip from ' New York to 
Los Angeles by air. 

He went through several storms 
and much disagreeable weather. 



BJIly Rose left New York on the 
spur of the moment, Jan. 26, In an 
airplane, reaching Chicago Jan. 27, 
with the delays following that take 
off. 

No publicity appeared to have 
been thought of by the song writer. 
He mentioned on Broadway the day 
before he wanted to get to Los An- 
geles in a hurry. Someone replied: 

"Why don't you lly? Bill Rogers 
did." 

Rose answered, "that's a good 
idea," made the arrangements and 
left the next morning in a passen 
her plane without informing anyone 
of his trip. !' 



Irene, Dancer, Hil by 

Taxi — Not Critical 

The week-end blizzard in .New 
York took Its toll Saturday after 
noon at 8:30 when Irene of Darlo 
and Irene, dahcer.g, . was.. struck by 
a tnxicab. while cros.sing 6th avenue 
at G8th street. She i.s suffering a 
concussion of the' brain, but Miss 
Irene's condition Is not critical. 

She .is under a cranium special- 
ist's care who holds forth hopes 
for her recovery. 



. It's expected that j, J/. Murdock 
will line up the Kfitli- Albee head- 
quarters staff for the merged K-A 
and Orpheum Circuits within the . 
next month or so. During that time 
El. F. Albee and Ted Tjaiider will 
be spending their winter vacation 
in Florida. 

Major L. ■ F3. Thompson, formerly . 
chief OKsistant *o Murdock, has been 
appointed general manager, of the 
K-A. Now Yofk theatres, with 
Arthur Cleary his assistant. Ma- 
loney is reported having made no 
other connection but is believed to 
have an understanding with B. S.: 
Moss, another recently retired K-A 
exeoutlye. ■ 

An olTlcial announcement was Is- 
sued last week of the Kelth-Albee- 
Orpheurti consolidation. It con- 
firmed the report that the Orpheum 
had been a wholly absorbed by KrA 
The announcement was only notice- 
able for the sparse mention of any 
former Orpheum- official. The only 
one mentioned was Marcus Helman. 
late the Orplieum's president and 
now ia. vice-president of the merged 
chain. E. F. Albee Is president, a 
post it is said he may vacate In the 
near future, to be succeeded In It by 
his son-in-law, . Lauder, Lauder, 
meanwhile, with Eddie Darling, will 
be In general charge of all book- 
ings on both circuits, a position 
they have been occupying for years. 
Gordon's Contract. 

Max Gordon, former general man- 
ager for the Orpheum, does not ap- 
pear to have been provided for ai; 
an executive other than listed as 
the nominal head of a production 
department. Gordon holds a five- 
year contract with the Orpheum at 
$25,000 a year. He also was awarded 
by Helman when falling -Into hia soft 
agreement, a block of Orpheum 
stock to be paid for out of dividends 
declared upon it. 

Among the board members of the 
capitalized K-A chain Is Mrs. Caro- 
line Kohl, of Chicago. It Is believed 
that through Mrs. Kohl, an ex- 
ceptionally large holder of Orpheum 
stock, and from the personal friend- 
ship with Albee, whom she always 
has looked to as an advisor, along 
with the coast cotorle of Orpheilm 
stockholders the merger with K-A 
was forced through. 

Up to date the merger has not 
visibly affected Orpheum stock 
quotations. Orpheum d r o p p e d 
around 23 on the Stock Exchange, 
then, regained to over 24V with the 
price reported for the marketed new 
stock, of K-A at 25, with an even 
exchange of It for Orpheum com- 
mon. Orpheum preferred Is 101. 

With Patho around 13, a drop of 
27 from its.hlgh ot 40,^the ploture^ 
alRIiatod conr-ern . with K-A does 
not either, appear to affect the Or- 
ph*»um'3 price. 

The announcement of the merger 
exaggcratod- to quite some extent 
the number of theatres (given as 
.700) the merged chain is oper.itlhg 
or booking, or both, .along wi'h the 
number of performer.s it ctali/if^d to. 
have, under manage'mfnt, ir),0O0,.and 
;i\no .'u1mls!,slf)ria a.q wpH ,'i.m capacl- 
tI<>.H. Thi>i m;iy iiavp iic-cn for public 
ff)nsurnf(tion In anticipation of a 
.stock offering. 



BUI ROBINSON PROMOTINa 
FLORENCE MILLS' BENEFITS 

TjOS Anir'.'les, Jan. 31. 

Bill Robln.son, colored <-6mfMllan 
who was touring tho Orphcurn cir- 
cuit, is arrangln.? in evry city ho 
gouH to give performarK'C.s tor tho 
.Florence Mill.H mfnioi'ial. 

ago, which ni-li^d around ?"J,Oiji), 
atid . ronterapUi if'H anolhor one In 
b'.'in Fran f.i SCO nf.xt .w'"".k. 
. Itobln.son, , pr-rson-'Uly, d<-lr!i.vs 
m;i.ny of tho minor f;xp"ns(.s in- 
curred in promoting the r>f-rfonii • 
anoes.. . Ho also In.slslM Th;il tin.- 
.Shaw b« put oa with a $ l top. 



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William Morris 
CALL BOARD 



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Want Good C h o r u a . and.. 
GiJccidity Girlsfor Parij. CafI 
C^nnin Theatre. on« o'clock, 
T'nur6d.iy. 



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A'ARIETY 



V A U D E V 1 L L E 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



BUSINESS CONDITIONS PA -OHIO 
CLOSING MANY VAUDE HOUSES 

Mostly keith-Alb^ Booked Theatres Either Dark 
or Turning to Straight Picture Policy^Actors 
Aid Needy Miners' Suffiering Faniilies 



Nunioroiis . out-'of-towji Keith- 
Albeo. houses have in^.an olosijcl .dur- 
ing the piast few weoks as a result, 
of low receipts. Other houses suf- 
fering 'havie drappecl . vaudeville for 
a straight ..picture policy. . . 

Almost all. the K-A houses, booked 
by Bill bela.ney, through the min- 
ing' . districts of Pennsylvania and 
in Ohio, have' been closed during 
this period. : The trou.blc in the. min- 
ing regions is partly , responsible 
fof: the situo.tion, with .vaude busi- 
ness reported practically at a stand- 
still. • 

, Authentic reports are to the ef- 
fect that actors playing, in the min- 
ing . sections have been feeding 
hungry, families since Christmas. 
This vogu6 started when a set of 
troupers,, deeply affected, by the 
ppignaht; evidences of widespread 
poyerty, asked local citizens In such 



PAUIINESAXON 




HAS A FACE 
A NAME AND 

AN ACT 

THEY REMEMBER 

"JUST KIDDING" 
with KBNjNT NICUOI4 

THIS WEEK 
STATE LAKE, CHICAGO 



towns AS iMorgantown; Sharon and 
Kensington, ,1'a., to pick a few neeily 
families for immediate relief. 

The actors %vere led to the miners' 
quarters in the towns mentioned, 
where tliey found scoires of chil- 
dren on the point of . starvation, 
many, ijarofooted find without warm 
clothe.s to protect . them from tlie 
severe winter weather.' / 



. Danbury, Conn., Jan, SI. 
Tho city of Norwich has found 
four theatres too many to support, 
and . the Broad wiy, pictures and 
vaudeville, clo.sed Sunday night for 
fin Ihdeftnlte period. 

The house had only recohtly 
added vaudeville to Its picture pro- 
gram. 



Harry Bulger, Jr., Giyeh 
4 Mos. for Drug Cure 



Billy Montgomery Beats 
Habit, Court Is Told 



Billy Montgomery, divorced hus- 
band of Florence Moor©, star of 
Artists and Models," Is again. In the 
good graecB of BroadwayTand free 
of the law. Billy Is trying a come- 
back. ■ . ■ 

Last Frldaiy night Justice Thomas 
F. Nblan, of Special Sessions, can- 
celled the year's parole of Mont- 
gomery after Probation Offleer Ja- 
cob LJchter had Informed the court 
that Billy had lived up to his proba- 
tion dilllgently, reporting as ordered 
at least once pi week; that he had 
been entirely cured of the habit and 
that he was: employed steadily in a 
cabaret. 

Iiichter aJiBO assured Judjge Nolan 
that the comedian had avoided as- 
sociating with the users of drugs 
who infest the White liight disjtrict. 



BEAT UP "PLANT" 



And That Cost Radiana's .Prof. 
Pppje.lS in Minneapolis: 



Harry . Bulger, Jr., 34, actor, of 301 
West 60th street, son of the old 
comedian; was again sentenced to 
the Workhouse In Special Sessions, 
after pleading guilty to possessing 
narcotics. He was given four 
months during which time he will 
undergo a cure. . 

Bulger pleaded guilty. His police 
recorc^ showed he had been convicted 
ahd sentenced twice since 1922. 



CAPPS OPENS SCHOOL 

St. Louis, Jan, il, 
Kendall Capps, whose last ap- 
pearance was In the "Greenwich 
Village Follies" In New York, has 
opened a. dancing school here in the 
Odeon thea:tre building. Capps is 
established .here, having played, at 
local . picture houses. / 



Frey Monologing 

. Hehry F'rey, veteran ihonologls.t. 
Is returning to vaudeville after an 
absence of two years. FTey went 
from stage work Into a managerial 
post for B. S* Moss and managed 
Tllyou's, Coney Island, until Moss 
disposed of his chain to the K-A 
interests. 




RTIFRENCH 



Wish to thank MR. ED DARLING for placing them oh 
the all-English bill at the Palace, New York, last week 
. on their first appearance in America. 

INSTANTANEOUS SUCCESS 

NOW ALBEE, BROOKLYN 



Minneapolis, Jan. . 31. 
Prof. J. Popje,-. Dutch scientist ex 
hibiting H machine called "Radlana" 
In vaude and who, played the Sev- 
enth. Street theatre here last week, 
was arrested aind fined $5 for as- 
sault and battery In municipal 
court. ■ 

, The complainant was Li. T. Wells, 
who worked for Popje as an audi- 
ence "plant.** 

Wells, who eald his salary was 
$20 a week; testified that Popje 
owed him wages, ."^ben he went 
backstage to see If he had any maU, 
he said,; Popje attackecj him. 

"My /Radlana* machine, which 
will do anything, a human being 
can. Is a delicate piece of apparatus 
and I was afraid this man might 
try to break it, so I pushed him but 
in the alley," ,Popje told the judge. 

Popje also, complained, to . the 
court that Anierican audiences are 
*noo bashful." making . It necessary 
for him to employ the •*plaht." 

"The Judge asked Popje If he told 
the audience he hired Wells to vol- 
unteer to come on the stage. 

'•Qh, no! That would be poor 
showmanship,** replied Popje. "Over 
In England lt*8 different. Members 
of this audience . will volunteer to 
assist one over there. They're not 
bashful like in America.*^ 



BOOIONG AMATEURS AS lOCAL 
TALENTIS NOW SYSTEMATIZED 



$.5 Nightly, Win or Lose, Quaranteed-^Prizes Won 
as Offset— Several Hundred Amateurs Registered 
in Many Agencies^The Worse the Better 



Sevenil agencies around the 
Square supplying amateui-a. for lo- 
cal talent nigths in the small yaudc: 
and picture houses. Amateurs are 
guaranteed |6 a night, win or lose. 
Cash prizes awarded are generally 
$10, $5 and. $2. If copping one of the 
prizes It applies against the office 
guarantee. Prizes are a>yarded oh 
a basis of elimination applause and 
are generally on the up and up, 

Bookings are: from day to day. 
Agencies will not give the aniateurs 
a contract in advance; They must 
report at the office ?it 5.30 and are 
sent to the: theatre in a body, under 
the wing of a master of ceremonies, 
gonoraliy a professional. . 

Agencies discovered early that the 



Bernard V Annulment 

Joseph E. Bernard (vaude) had 
his marriage to Winifred A.. Ber- 
nard (non-pro) annulled, on the 
wife's complaint he failed to state 
he was previously married. 

The Bernards lived- together two 
years. Vaudevllllan did not con- 
test his wife's suit. 



JOE mCHIE'S mSFORTUNE 

Joe Ritchie, of Foster and Ritchie, 
Is at the K«w York Ear and Cye 
Hospital. 

An infection In one eye may neces- 
sitate Its removal. The doctors 
have not ^ven up hope of saving it. 



Snyder Dismissed 
Rayibond Xj. Snyder (white), for- 
mer manager of the Lafayette 
(Harlem) eolored theatre, charged 
with larceny by the owner of the 
house. Mrs. Maria C. Downs (white), 
was dismissed for lack of evidence. 




Muskegon Oil Strike 

Near Actor Colony 

Chicago, Ja,n. 31. 

Oil has been struck in three places 
within a fifty-mile radius of Mu.«;ke- 
gon, Mich., where; numerous show 
people have summer hohies; Oil 
companies are sif,'ning leases and 
negotiating for more territory. 

A few of those holding property 
In the vicinity are Tom Branfoi'd, 
Mrs. LiCW Eari, Rawls and Van 
Kaufman, The Dancing Kennedys, 
Ed and Jay McCrea, Cook and. Oat- 
man, Capt. Max Gruber, Jack Gard- 
ner, Dick i;nd Nannie Gardner, Harry 
Brosius, Mad Miller, . Chamberlain 
and Earl, Bayle and Patsy, Gene. and. 
Myrtle Moore and Gene CJr.een. 



talent would fail to appear half the 
time if engaged on any other sys- 
tem;. Where the theatres are fftr out, 
as in Jersey or Long Islarid, the 
agencies had particular trouble with 
colored amateurs from Harlem. 
They would fall asleep on the tralns- 
and ride to the end of the line, con- 
sequently not arriving at all or late. 

Temperament 

While there Is no conspiracy to 
keep the amateurs Ignorant, the 
agencies never praise any of the 
amateurs. They get swollen easily 
and develop temperament. ' 

Most Important of all the agen- 
cies do not want the amateurs de- 
veloping a professional polish. It ja 
es.sential that they remain awkward, 
otherwise they lose their market 
value! 

Individual theatres have to de- 
pejid upon these clearing houses for 
amateurs because of the uncertainty 
of response tp neighborhood con- 
test.*?; ' When parlor talent, does 
show, up they are generally enlisted 
by the agency. The worse they are 
the better. 

There are many hundred regis- 
tered amateurs. ■ . • 



Chain's Tab Dept. 

The Chain Vaudeville Agency re-, 
ceiitly prgahlzed to book Universal 
houses will haye its own production 
department operated by . N. W. 
Stephens, who also has charge of 
bookings for the circuit; 

Tab musicals will comprise the 
entire stage entertainment and will 
be booked as pre.sentation featui-es 
in the Universal houses hot playing 
regular vaude bills. 



Frances Williams Wed? 

A persistent rumor says Frances 
Williams, of "Scandals," was mar- 
ried while the show played St. 
Louis to a society man of that city, 
name not mentioned. 



Florence Mills' Fund's Shows 

According to members of tho 
Florence Mills Memorial Homo 
Fund, work is progressing favorably 
and that each 'week is adding to tho 
money collected. 

The next fund benefit will be 
held Feb. 12 In Washington. 

Jesse 'Shipp is chairrnan of the 
fund. 



Jane -Mitchell, in . Coast Shovy. 

Los Angeles, Jan. . 31. 
Jane Mitchell, Boubret,. has been 
added to "Hit the DeckV' at the 
Majestic. 

She Is the wife of Frank Mitchell 
of Mitchell and . Durant,. dancerSj 
also of the a.ttractIon. . 



. Faith Pawn to Wed 

"The engagement has just been 
announced of Anna De. Arigo (Faith 
Dawn of Dawn Sisters) to Carl 
Siemsen (Carlo's Marionettes). 
Bride to be is with "The Men-y 
Widow Revue," Publix unit 





and His CLUB MIRADOR 



FEATURED WITH 



jyiOSS and F'ONTANA 

Headlinitig at KEITH-ALBEE PALACE, NEW YORK, THIS WEEK (JAN. 30), and Nightly after Theatre 

at the Club Mirador, New York 



S.. , 



BEN BARTON 



AND HIS 



ORCHESTRA 

" PLAYING 

Keith-Albee-Orpheiini 

Direction WILLIAM JACOBS 




B«aatiral or odx, vlrtaow mr 
wine, Clenpatrm luMl m 4m 
. •f5'9d. PTMH ftnt 

WHO SAYS SO? 

Ben Barton and His Orcheitra 



l» b 



WATCH THESE QROW 



NEW HOTEL ANNAPOUS 



Wiwlilnnrton, D. O. 

Siuglo, 917.60 

Double, $28.00 

In tim Ilf'a.rt ot 
Thcatrp Dl.otrlct 

11-12 and H St»r 




Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A U DEVIL L E 



VARIETY 



31 



W. & V. Cut Salary 

Acts in K-A Houses 

Acts accepting, fill in time to 
break the jumps at out salary from 
I>awrence Leon, Willmer & Vincent 
booker, report several Instances 
where they found themselves play- 
ing lo Keith- Aiboe. houses. 

Contracts come Ihrouph from the 
Iv-A office, which has si nci;! at- 
tempted to set the acts to accept 
a cut rate perihanontly on the pre- 
tense that they had already worked 
for less money for K-A- 

Despite • ensuing complaints and 
explanations , no one has tfiken 
steps to correct this practice.. 

Leon Was cialk'd before the Com- 
missioner of Licentios of New . York 
last -vveek for issuing play or pay 
contracts to an act for a house he. 
no ^longer booked. 

It is veportcd the act found on 
arrival that the house they had 
been sent to in Pennsylvania had 
• ditteontinuod vaudeville but Leon 
failed to notify them. The act had 
a two-.wcek contract' 

The contracts I'oad '•Rondoil and 
Licensed by the City of Ncav York.'' 

Fabian Takes Peaches 

Newurky K. J., .Jau. SI, 
Stanley-l'abian has booked 
Peaches Browning for Passaic This 
is. possibly the (ir.st time S-F has 
used a freak act. 



HARRY ROGERS Presents 



TP*- 



[OS 



[\0TeS\ 
To 



J Am 



»xt WfV'lt, fcioattlo, Wasli. 
HE.\DMN1NG KlilTH-AIJJEE aud 

oiirnioi'M ciKCi'iTS 



"Sure Fire. Can't Go Wrong, 
Boys." —VARIETY. 

FRANK 

MI TG HELL 

^- and .. ... ^ ........ 

JACK 

DURANT 

. A Positive Hit with 

"HIT THE DECK" 



NOW 



MAJESTIC, 
LOS ANQELES 



STILLMAN'S CLOTHES HELD 



Three-Act Splits — Patricia 
Sued for Costumes 



Fay 



As the result of a split between, 
the Stillman sisters, Dot an J Elea- 
nor, and Patricia Fay, with the for- 
mer leaving the act. Miss Fay ■?yas 
.sued by the Slillman.s when . she 
hold the. costumes worn by the girl.'; 
in the turn. 

Efforts were under way this week 
by Miss Fay's attorney to >;i'ttle the 
case out of court. 



Houses Change Bookers 

Several houses hive changed 
booking agents: Park, Brooklyn, 
^I'ent to Walter Pliiiimer. ' Formerly 
handled by Fally Markus. ' East 
Rutherford, N. J., former Plinimer 
house, taken by Al Dow. Great 
Neck and. Bayslde, L, I., houses now 
booked by Max Linder; before by 
Arthur Fisher. 

Norwich and Middlotown, Conn.* 
house-t^. formerly booked by Markus, 
went tp Dow. Betlieleheni, Pa., 
from .Dow to Markus. 

Three houses in Pennsylvania, 
ITazelton, Carbondale and the 
Westside, Scranton, returned to the 
Arnalgamated Booking .OfTices from 
a Philadelphia agency. . 

The Amalgamated. :has . reclaimed 
three former stands in IPenn.sylvania 
which dropped fi-om its books some 
months ago but returned last "week. 
The houses; involved are West Side, 
Scranton, Pa.; Hippodrome, Potts- 
ville. Pa., and Poll's, Wilkes -Barre, 
Pa. All will, play four acts' on split 
week booked by Bud Irwin. 



Woman Promoter Called 
Op for Not Paying 



Iros Angeles, Jan. 51. 
Mrs. C LIndgren, theatrical pro- 
moter, wa-s charged with mifirepre- 
sentatlon of employnient conditions 
in complaints filed with the Lal)or 
Bureau by Ethel Holt, Alda Hen- 
drickson and Dave Manuel. . All 
three performed in an act produced 
by Mrs. Lindgren and failed to re- 
ceive sc^arj'. 

. MIss'HqU stated in her coui plaint 
she was iehgaged in San Fransi.'-co 
and brought oyer here, by Mr-^.' 
Lindgren on promise of steady em- 
ploynient at $30 per .week. So far 
she has only, re'cesived $15 and. wants 
to be sent back to Frisco. 

About the same situation applied 
to Miss Hehdrickspn, who a.sks .to 
be returned to Seattle, her honic 
town. Manuel Is a local mu.'?ician. 

Mrs, Lindgren through a proxy 
informed the liabpr Bureau li.'isi- 
ne^ss was Ti. g. with her at present 
but that things look better for the 
future and .'ihe feels confident tliut 
her proto.£?es will be making a liv- 
ing wage before long. 

Meantime the Labor Bureau has 
(irdered her to make some payment 
to the claimants within a time limit 
or action will be taken agains-l her. 



9 ILL IN 2 DAYS 



Unusual Number Last Week on 
Loew Time in New York 



An extraordinary nu.nvbor of dis- 
.'iPl'Ointmonts occurred on t\v,o days 
last week in tiie Loi'W' Xi'-w York 
tlica.trcs. . 

Nine acts reported ill witbin the 
4S hour.-'. ncrc.-sitatiiVir I'a.'Jt swltcli- 
ing by the bookcri;. 

All . wcrc^- genuine cases - and 
^tscribcd to the ohau.wable woalh.or. 



JUDGMENTS 

I' 111 ted 



Arti,<?l,« 



George Cohen; 

Corp.: $906. . 

Edward Margolies & 
Ctinnilli & Co..:,S:J.o;t i/ : :. 

Acierno Amus. Co., I no 
llu-sso; $li035. . 

Macfadden Publications, 
TV.iers; $125. :, 

Edward Arlington; Siiaus.s inl- 
ine. ;. $3;s3.t. 

Arthur S. Friend; T,. Jones Co., 
Iiiv.; ,?1.2a3. 

Satisfied Judgments ' . 

Macfadden Publications, Inc.; 
llobert Bristor; .$7r>0; Jan. 10, 



Co.; John. 



G. J. 



Inc;| S. 



Co.. 



MARK LEDDY'S NEW JOB 

Mark. Leddy is associated with 
Publlx as assistant to Earl Sand- 
ers in the production department. 

It does not interfere with Leddy's 
vaudeville agency, bookin.tr for 
Loew's, which Joe Leddy and Ed 
Smith of the oflTice are actively 
handling. 



LOEW'S FIRST YONKERS BILL 

A new Loew theati-e opens tomor- 
row (Feb. 2) in Tonkers, N! Y. 

Inaugural bill consists of Five 
Maxellos, Margie COatcs. O'Dbnnell 
and Blair, Buck and Bubbles and 
Parker and Balnell band. 



Liquidated Damaged 

Provision Sustained 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 
Another unsuccessful attempt to 
prove, the liquidated damag'es clause 
in playror-pay contracts illegal was 
made in Municipal Court here by 
Edward Wyerson, manager of Tie- 
bor's Seals, , 

Tiebor>> Seals were contracted for 
two fair dates by the Gus Sun ofRoe 
in Siiringfleld, and ft Is alleged they 
failed to appear. The Gus Sun of- 
fice claimed $750 due them becau.sc 
of non-ai>pearance, later withhold- 
ing a $400 week's salary when- the 
ict again played for them. : 

Wyerson claimed in court tha.t 
the liquidated damages clause in 
coiiti'itcts. is illegal because it is 
tecluiically . a- penalty. The court 
upheld Attorney Ben Ehrlich's con- 
tention for the Sun office that the 
clause is legally compensation for 
non-appearance, agreed on beforc- 
:iand by parties of the contract. 



AgentsV Dinner 

Association of YaudeviUe Artists' 
lioi)rescntatiycs, . somctiines:. known 
as, agents, will hold its annual .din- 
ner-dance, at the P.ennsylyanta 
hotel, Feb. 19. V 

A comedy announcement is out to 
stimulate attendance; 



K-A in Flushing ' 

With Opposition 

After la.lUin-.;' al'-uil it for 10 
years, ICcith Albee i,^; ;;n,\lly build- 
ing a Imhiso in l'"lu>l;in'.v. L. I. -..The 

indepeMdeMt I'lesjieet. xbealr-' ,)>lay- 
in.i; .Vantaf^es' .>;j^ide\ IHe,- has' been 
so^Hhig rit:<olC itr "\\ iih the l.ung 
l.slanders. 

The niutti-r .of tihii . sui)pl>' is con- 
sidered; luiporVant ii) tlu^ tippf'suion 
that will l)e created. I'vospect soeni- 
in.giy has Parainounr and M-G-M 
to buck the. new one's lilms. 



Carroll's Unit Routed 

Harry Carroll's yaude unit • has 
been resigned by Keith- Albee for a. 
full., year's ' route which starts , ncixt 
September. 

This makes the third. sUcccseivo 
year. Carroll has J>een so signed. 
Charlie .Morrison 1ms handled the 
liookiups. 



DUMB ACT AGENT 

Erne-st Brengk of Brengk's Golden 
Horse has gonis. to agenting with 
William A. Weston, an actor him- 
self once upon a time. 

Brengk will specialize in handling 
dumb acts.' Mrs, Bre'ngk is contin- 
uing on the road with tlie act.. 



DEMPSEY FOR VAUDE 

Jack Dempsey has comnii.s.-iionod 
Harry Weber to offer him for vaude 
engagement. . 



Sam Salvia's Coast Trip 

Sam Salvin and his wife go to 
the coast on a combined business 
pleasure trip the end of this week, 
Salvin will look over the west coast 
situation of Lyons & Lyons, in Los 
Angeles, where William Rowland it^ 
in charge for the agency. 

Periberg With Myers 

Los Angele'^s, Jan, 31, 
'William Periberg, of the William 
Morris ofHce; New York, is due here 
this -week- to. function .as. .a-ssisUint 
to Walter. Meyers, in charge , here, 
for that concern. . 



K-A WATCHDOG 

James Dolan, former treasurer of 
the Orpheiim, Brooklyn, has. been 
appointed general, supervisor, of box 
iiMices for the K-A (h-eater New 
York houses. 

Dolan had been transferred from 
Orpheum to Palace, New York, t\vo 
v.'eeks. prior to his recent, pi'ombtlon. 



Andy Rice's Promotion 



has been elevated to 
all Fox comedy pro - 



Andy Rice 
supervisor of 
ductions. 

The playwright and vaudeville 
author went to the coast as a- gag 
man and comedy constructor and 
soon made ian Impression. 



C. K. Young in "One" 

Clara Kimball Young, in New 
York, will do a singing single in 
"one," opening Feb. 6 for Fox. 



DuFor Boys Splitting 

With the end _of the season the, 
Dul-'or Boys, together as an act for 
l.'i years,, will, separate. 

Dennis DuFor has a production 
offer he may accept and llarry 
font^-mplates an elaborate vaudc 
turn with him.self at its head; 



T. O. B, A. Adds Oi^e 

O, B. A. (colored circuit) 



has 
Ala, 
cir- 



another theatre in the Ensley, 
Milton Starr, president of the 
cuit, has taken it over by purchase 
Tlie house 'Will open under its new 
T. p. B. A. regune Feb. 1 (today) 
with vaude and pictures. 



Tab "Blondes^ 

'•Gentlemen I'roftr Blondes" tab- 
loided for vaudeville by the Or- 
pheum production department. 

Vaude version will be captioned, 
"Paris Is Divine," Title change was 
mandatory. 






**. . . . pert, petite and breezy, 
hVads this wc'Mc's liJli at the Pal- 
ace. rr'R.iling hpr auillcn';c3 wlt'a 
foine .'ilry p-nrslflage and aongs 
.such fw Mho alone can deliver, 
•l''lve-foot-two,' .pyoa NOT blue, • 
but, oh, boy, what, vitality!" 

OLKVKr.ANI) "PltE.««.S," 



' Harry Richman in Film House 

Harry Richman. closes ■V\-itli 
"Scandals" in fptir weeks and goes 
picture houses for. -a few weeks. 

He will first, go to; ITavana for a 
fortnight. ■ . : ' 



"ACcii.\iMEn nr riiKs,^ and rruLic .-v-s ciih'Aoo'S onsT.vNDiNO 

masti:k or cerkmoniks- 

JACK WALDRON 

After Nine Consecutive Months at Frolics Cafe, Chicago 

NOW PLAYING ORPHEUM CIRCUIT THEATRES 

Permanent Address: VARIETY, Chicago 




That he plays a wicked clarinet, with a contortion dance that he calls the "Upside Down Charleston." 
Places a lamp on his head and takes same off with his feet while he is doing this dance. 

He does a pantomime number that is titled "THE DRUNKEN MAN AT THE WRONG DOOR." 

For an encore Crawley does a lightning head-spin while playing his clarinet, and he plays one of 
his own selections that he has lately written, "Love Will Drive Me Crazy/' - 
'^^-^Just^-finished a^short-seasori^on^the^JunioP^Orphoum.Xircuit.^^ ----- 

MAJESTIC, CHICAGO, THIS WEEK. 

More time to follow. 

CRAWLEY HAS SOMETHING NEW IN STORE FOR YOU NEXT SEASON. 
Crawley makes claim that Bill Robinson is the only single colored act getting bigger salary than 
himself. So that's that. 

A GREAT ACT FOR PRESENTATION THEATRES 



THE SENSATIONAL HIT OF 



AILEEN STANLEY 

ill MESSRS. SHUBERT'S 

A NIGHT IN SPAIN' 



JANS AND 



in MESSRS, 



"GREENWICH VI 



OUTSTANDING 
SONG 
OF THE 
SEASON 








RUTH ETTING'S TERRIFIC 



II 



AWAY DOWN S 



GREATEST SONG WRITTEN IN YEARS 



GREAT COLLEGE SONG HIT 
HEAR VVARJNG'S PENNS YLVANI ANS' R. 



66 n 



SCREAM 



YOU SCREAM 

WE ALL SCREAM FOR 

ICE CREAM 

; . By HOWARD JOHiMSOM. BILLY MOLL anc POBT. KING 



All Kir.c;^, of Versions 



II 




BEAUTIFUL" WALTZ BALLAD 



"WHERE IN 

THE WORLD 



IS THERE SOMEONE FOR ME? 



By CARMEN LOMBARDO, AL LEWIS, EMERSOlM GILL, GERALD MARKS 



JESSE CRAWFORD'S SENSATIONAL Hi 





VWTH A POWERFUL R 



ECITATION BY AL DUBIN 



LOUIS BERNSTEIN, President 



SHAPlRa BiRN 



BROADWAY and FORTV-S^VI^^ 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 V A R I E T Y S9 



BROADWAY 



WHALEN 

SHUBERT'S 

LLAGE FOLLIES" 




FRANK 

in JAGK McGOWAN'S 

"EXCESS 




If 






IT? 



By PHIL BAKER 
SID SILVERS 
and 

ABE LYMAN 



IT IN " ZIEGFELD FOLLIES '' 

UTH IN HEAVEN 



By BUD GREEN and HARRY WARREN 



ANOTHER ' SIDE BY SIDE 



P 9 



"I'VE GOT NOTHIN'- 
YOU'VE GOT NOTHIN- 

WE AIN'T GOT 
NOTHIN' TO 
LOSE" 



By BENNY DAVIS. PETE VVENDLINC and iRVlNC MASLOF 



ANOTHER "KENTUCKY SURE AS YOU'RE BORN" 

"TAKE A LOOK 
AT KENTUCKY 

THERE'S NOTHIN' NICER THAN THAT" 



By NEMO ROTH, RUDY ALTON, PETER MALARD DAVE RINGlE 



AT THE CHICAGO THEATRE. CHICAGO 



TER CAME TEARS 



.BY THE WRITERS OF "JUST ANOTHER DAY"-ROYTURK and CHAS. TOBIAS 



STEIN & CO., inc. 

JTH STR^EfiET, NEW YORK CITY 



GEORGE PIANTADOSI, General Manager 



34 



VARIETY 



V A U D E V ILL E 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



INSIDESTUFF 

ON VAUDE 



In tlio tli'iilli of -Ai)^ J;ifu))s.' lonir sl;>^'0 nii.ni;im-r of llic Miijoslio, Clu- 
c:\-;o, v:nul.nillo, lost one of lt,s qiiaiiilcst cluiniflorH. Tlioso >v1iq komv 
Al'c w. 11 wiTo fainili.-ir willv the 'w;iy tic nilrd tlio roost back stagG 
yc;irti ago. 

A(>(^^ playinp llie lioiisi> foari-cl.:. yet Uu<y rcspoflfd .liiin. Woe boticle 
the itorfDimcr who triod t(i sii-al ■ hows and slay, on when, the time was. 
flashed for llio succeeding un.-n. ; '^ruhy aii .act vainly l)egKed Abe to let 
Ihi'ni take a little more time.. . ■ 

Abe was a character i,n inuVe .ways than one; he had his Ow'iV- ideas 
about religiDn, as ]>ronounocd in liiff p(aiti.c.s, Anybody vvorth while in 
Chi politics knew Abe, He also wieideit a strong a,nd 
his "pull" was the talk among Chicago stage pc>6pic. . ' 

The story goes that, prior to his stage career, Abe Jacobs was pp^' 
eratinfj a makeup nianuCactunrig concern in the- Windy. City, and that 
when the late Ceorge C'astle startt-d in the show business he needed 
some quick cash. Ahe pulled spmO wu-es. ami got Castle; $2,500. . That 
was sonirthihjjr Castle never, Toi\trot, ' it is said, and he made Abe czar 
bacJ< stage (if the theatres with Which he had any financial connection. 

When Ml-. Castle died he made provision in, liis will that Abe Jacobs 
receive the eciuivalent in , stocks of ' ?25,0'00J For many years Abe w:as 
an active^ member of the Chicago stagehands' union, and..in a.ll things 
pertainiivg to Chicago, Abe ,Jacol;)S was not -backward ■ in voicing 
opinion. 

While on the surface Alie. Jaetibs appeared' h.'irdshelled, he had j\ . sym- 
pathetic henrt. and with tho-se he liked was, always showing .sonif; little 
•favors. 

The name of Abe Jacobs in Chicago is'synohymous with tlie best known, 
stage man.-i.uer of his time. ■ 



AGENTS WANT THEIRS 



Agents are on tho warpxth foV 
commissions. Jackson & Kraft^ 
want $315 from Jules Bledsoe, based 
on the colored singer's gross earn- 
ings so far in "Show Boat" of $3,150. 

Rose & Curtis, suing through the 
.sarnie attorneys, Kendler & Gold- 
.stein, allege that .Wells, • yirglnla 
and West owe them $7,000, 10 per 
cent of $70,000 earned with "Scan-: 
dais" at the rate o'f $800 a week for 
46 weeks, ,$nO0; $1,000. and $l,350,.in 
gi-aduatihg amounts en. tour. 



MISS McNEECE'S FRIGHT 



iNCORPORATIONS 



Bobby Paul , . 

Clark and McCuiloush 

An Inimitable Comedy Team 

and so are 
BILLY MARIE 

HIBBITT and HARTMAN 

and Just as Creative and Original 
SOLIDLY BOOKED 




Miss Marie Hartman 

World's Champion 

Comedienne 

Her laughs are as sure as 100 
aces in No Trump; she's as good 
to look at as Five Honors in one 
hand; she registers as solidly as 
a Grand Slam. 

The Sidney Lenr of the Theatre 

BILLY HIBBITT 

PARTNER 



CHI DIVORCES 



(Continued from pa,ge 29) 
of the Rube benarest act on de- 
sertion charges. 

Joe Cohan, al.so of vaude, hay 
filed , suit against his non-.pro wife, 
clainaing he has letters written to 
an alleged sweetheart of hers, be- 
sides having her written confession 
that she was living ^v^th another 
man. Cohan was married in Erie, 
Pa., in 1916. He says the Mrs. left 
him nine months later. Benj 
Ehirlich represents Cohan. 

Suit against Harry Abbott, actor, 
has been filed by. .Phil R. payis for 
Nellie. Abbott, night club girl. Lu- 
cille Cowie, vaude, secured a di- 
vorce frorh JLiloyd Cowie on cruelty 
charges. Attorney Davis al.so filed 
suit, for Agnes Besseh of the Frolics 
cafe against Herman Bessen, charg 
ing desertion. 

The divorce action of Ada 
Hemnie against Henry.' 'Hemme 
(Dolly and- Harry LaMore) is to be 
tried in Fairfield .county. Hemrne 
protested trial in Connecticut on the 
grounds that he w^as not a resident 
but the. protest was overruled on 
declarjitloh by Mrs. Hemme thixt 
both her husband and herself had 
an established resid^ence in Fairfield, 
. Mrs. Mabel Washburn, 3d, en- 
tered :suit against Bryant Wa.sh- 
buirn in Los Angeles, alleging 
cruelty and do-ficrtlon. Married in 
Chicago in 1914. Two children. 

Forrhal suit for divorce brought 
in . Chicago by Helen Henderson, 
"Follies" girl, from Aaron Benesch, 
aged Baltimore millionaire. 

Adolph B. Wagner, wealthy De- 
troiter, obtained a divorce decree, in 
that city from Gertrude (Fritzie) 
Waghor,' former "Follies" girl, on 
charges of ; cruelty and desertion. 
He named "Bud!' Hamilton, swim- 
r. ing instructor as co-respondent. 



Safoty^Cord Prevents Dancer from 
Going into Audience 





General Executive Offices 

BUILDING 

AN N E X 

ISO WEST 46^" ST- 

BRYANT- 9850^NEW YORK CITY 



NEW YOKK 

rVnicricao MunIcuI Ihatraments Co., 
Inc., lirobklyn, $10,000, general musical 
tisirumehl.s; Harry Bettoney, Grace J. 
WIllianTs, . .Tan A. Williams.. FUed: .by 
Jaii A. "VV'illiama, 193" E. l&th St., 
Brooklyn. 

Co.siuife l<'ilm I,nboratorlo8r. lac, New 

Yorlc, pictures and photoirraphcra. 6,000 
shares .of no psir value; Charles M. Ccir- 
ponter, J£. Vandlver ■ Brown, John P, 
Chandler. Filed by Jenkins & Carpen- 
ter, 26 .W. 44t)ni St., .New Tork City. 

JulonoyM Corp.; New York City, real 
property, theatrical proprietors, produce 
and manufacture motion plpturea, 100 
shares no. par value; Julius W. Noyps, 
Charles 1'. Noyea, J. Arthur Love. li'iled 
by Chadbourne, .StanchOeld & . Leve, 120 
Broadway, New York City. 

U; S. Moss Service . Corp., Manhattan, 
operate 'motion picture theatres, 100 
shares no par value; Thomaa F. Gar- 
rlty, : Gabrlelle Brock; Edith Ausibel. 
Filed by Dittenhoefer & Fischel. 

Clarldge Theatres Ticket Offlct', Man- 
hattan, theatre tickets, $10,000; Huiio 
Manche, Joseph F.' Tepper, Charles 13. 
Oruwell. Filed by Maurice Meyer, 03 
Park Row, New York City, 

Vcndome Theatre Corp., Batavla, the- 
atre proprietors, general amusement 
business, 1,000 shares no par value; 
NIkltas D. Dlpson. John R. Osborne, Ed- 
ward A. Washburn. Filed by Edward A. 
Washburn, First National Bank • BldR., 
Batavia. 

Vtica $tate Theatre, Inc., Utlca, the- 
atrical enterprises, moving pictures, 600 
shares no par value; Thomaa Dougherty, 
Walter G. Shankenbery, Clara L. Loomls. 
Filed by Thomas B. Dougherty, 112 Ar- 
cade Bldg., Utlca. 

M and O AmaHements, Inc.,' Manhat- 
tan, dramas, general theatrical and nior 
tlon- picture businesa, .100 shares common 
slock no par value; Samuel J. Buch- 
binder, Anna Ol Davis, Agnes Gordon. 
Filed by Robert C. Moore, 120 . W. 42nd 
St., Manhattan. 

Woh Hlng Tlieatre Co., capital stock 
$100,000, 6,000 shares at par value of 
$20; capital of $10,000; directors, Charlea 
King, Newark, N. J. ; Philip G. ICie;. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Fong.Kle, Newark, 
N. J. •■ . 

It, Ij. O. Amaftement Corpw, Manhat- 
tan, motion plcturea, 100 sharea no par 
value; George Doros, Jacob Levlne, Her- 
shel . Pinchuk. . Filed by Samuel Hel- 
linger, 305 Broadway, New York. 

City Tlieatre Ticket C'O., Inc., Manhat 
tan, ticket agency, $10,000; Jerome 
Tjurie, Herman Agar, Jerome Freeman 
Filed by LoulS B. Felix, 217 Broadway 
New York. 

H. tircen Theatrical Enterprises, Inc., 
New York, manage theatres, roof gar- 
dens, $6,000; Hazel Green, Max Elsen 
berg, Harry HoflCert. Filed , by Elsenberg 
& Elsenberg, 1476 Broadway, New York. 

rhilarmonla Studios oS Music, Inc., 
operate institutions for vocal iand in- 
strumental mu{»ic, $6,000; Bmanuele 
Stlerl, Joseph Vardl, Amy L. Stlerl 
Filed by Irving Kata, 92 William St., 
■New York. 

Dinna Drama Frodnctlon, Inc., Man- 
hattan, $100,000, pictures, photographs; 
chemicals, materials; Joseph M. TrlfoH 
Salvatore Sallna, Domenlca Torre, li'ilcd 
by Vlnceint J. De Sanctis, 126 Thompson 
St.. New Tork. 

HtLgg Amaseiiient Co., Inc., Buffalo 
motion pictures, manage theatres, 3,000 
shares preferred stock, $100 par value, 
and 1,200 shares common stock, no par 
value-j Charles G. Bagg, John J. Ken 
nedy, Raymond T, Baynea. Filed by 
Jackson, Bodamer & Piper, 152-6 Pru 
dential Bldg., Buffalo. 

XiOthrop & Wood Prudiiotlons, Inc., 
New York, manage theatres, motion pic 
tures, 700 shares, 600 class A ho par 
value and 200 shares class B no par 
value; William 3. t<athrop, lyawrence Q 
Wood, Benjamin C. Welner. Filed by 
Morris E. Levlne, 1440 Broadway, New 
York.. 

n. & C. Amasement Corp., New York, 
manage theatres, moving pictures, $20 
000; Louis Hlrschhorn, Abe Cogut, Henry 
Krlnsky. Filed by Henry Krinsky, 26 
W. 43rd St.. New York. 

Hex PnHlnctlons, Inc., New York, mov 
ing pictures, sketches. $40,000 ;. Lowell 
W. King, Thomas McEltany, Don Mul 
lal.v. Filed by Walter F. Lee, 233 Broad- 
way. New York. 

Holmes C. AValton, Inc., Manhattan 
produce -r motion -pictures, — theatrical 
plays, $10,000; Holmes C. Walton, Her 
inan Brandt, SIgmund Brandt, Filed by 
David Bernstein, 26 W. 43rd St., New 
Yorlc . .... 

The Candoe Avenue Theatre. Inc., Say 
villc, Suffolk County, motion pictures 
?fiOO; Joseph B. Levy. Samuel M, Iiam- 
pert, ' Samuel Levlne. Filed .by .'Gro<Jne 
& Walser, Bank Bldg.. Sayvllle, N. Y, 
Clmngo In Stock 
llopubllc Film Industries, Inf., New- 
York, '76,000 shitrcs (45,000 .shares class 
A slock $100 par value, 30,000 eharesj 
Cla.faU stock no psix value), change.d to 
/r,,006 shares (46,000 shares profevred 
sioi'k.no par v.iluo, 30,000 shares cla.ss B 
.sidik no par value); L^led by Meyer II. 
La.venstoin, 200 W. 146th St., Now York. 
Oi.SHolntlona. 
Clianln Sj-ndicate Holding Corp., Man- 
hatt.T.n, has been dissolved, according to 
nolleo nied with the Secretary of Klatc. 

AVIUlam IJerinsteIrt TlM>atre Servic*', 
Alban.v, N. Y., has dlsHolved. 



Thursday night during the last 
ahovr of the presentatiph at the Jloxy, 
Margaret McNeece, of Mulrpy, Mc- 
Neece and Ridge, rpller skaters, was 
almpat catapulted Intp the audi- 
ence as a result pf her hpld slipping 
in an irpn-jaw, neck-swing feat. 
Only tho invisible safety cprd pre- 
vented her hurtling Intp the audi- 
ence Pr iiitp the orchestra flppr. 
She .was .knocj<cd tp the grpund, 
fainting. 

• The act was the last pn the show 
and the fl.ilal curtain was.rung down 
onl.v a few seconds before schedule. 
Miss McNeece was mpre frightened 
than hurt, spon recpvering and cPn- 
tinuing the next day; 



PUBUUOEW 



' (Continued from paige 29) 
tseted in the east, although F. & M. 
have boon singularly auccessfiil fpr 
West Cpast, 



In New York 

■In New Yprk It has been rcpprt-. ' 
ed since Nick Schenck and Sam 
Katz i-eturned from their Califor- 
filan visit lately, that Mtbey had „ 
arranged several movements while 
away with the shipping pf publix - 
units tp the coast. 

Taking back the Publix and Loew 
cpast houses was another report, 
with tha,t strengthened upon Fox 
buying-' control of the West Coast 
Theatre circuits. 



ILL AND INJURED 

Nell. Kelly, dancer with Fanchon 
and Mar<^p, injured her knee while 
working on stage at the West Coast 
theatre in Long Keach, Gal. She 
could not finish the date and wa.s 
replaced by England Ong, Chinese 
songstress. 

W. J. Heinqman, branch exchange 
m.'inager for ^Universal at San Fran- 
cisco,, operated for ati Infected leg 
at the iVeftch hospital, Sah Fran- 
cisco, Jan. 2.S. ■ 

John Goodrich, scenario writer 
with Pai-amount, recovering from 
stomach ailment at the Good Sa- 
maritan . hospital, Ijos. Angeles. 

Daisy Harcourt operated upon for 
gall stones in Roosevelt hospital, 
New York, Jan; 26, reported im- 
proving, but will be in hospital for 
month. 111 . since October. 

The wife of Major L.. E. Thomp- 
son, ill in St. Elizabeth hospital, 
New York, is improving, Mrs. 
Thompson's mother .is also ill in the 
same, hospital.. . . 

Billy Cloonan, a booking aide in 
the Fally Markus oflice, suffered., a 
collai:)se Saturday. Ho was ordered 
to take a rest. 

Frank Gehring, Chicago a,m,use- 
meut exploitation man, under ob- 
servation at the Chicago Psycho- 
pathic hospital, was transferred 
la*st week to the State Hospital for 
the Insane at Elgin, 111; Author- 
ities believe Gehring SvlU regain his 
former state of mind. 

Bill McChesriey,. manager fcr 
Walter Reade in Asbury Park, N. J., 
has pneumpnia. 

The wife pf Lynn Farnol, press 
agent, is recovering from an opera- 
tion. - . 

William " Farnum, attempting 
screen come-back, disabled by rheu 
matism on his first day at Fox 
Studio and forced to quit. 

Zeda Mansfield, chorister in "Good 
News," with pneumonia at the 
Hotel Belvidere. 

Write to the Jll and injured. 



Marion Sunshine's 3-Act - 

Marion. Sunshine has reorganized 
lier former three-act. with Bob Leroy 
displacing Petor Larkiri. 

Jerry, Moore, continues as accom- 
panist. 



The Comedy Sensation 
SAM 




and 

OLIVE 




in 



'KALAMBOOR' 

By FRANK (DRTH 
Next to closing on any bill 
Keith-Albee Circuit 



TINSEL 
METAL CLOTH 

FOR DRdPS 

36 in. wide at 75c a yd. and up 

A full line of gold and silver bror 
cades, metal cloths, goM and silver 
trimmings, rhlnestones, a p a n g 1 e s, 
tlghtfl,- opera, hose, etc., etc., for Stage 
costumes. Samples upoii request. 

J. J, Wyhe & Bros., Inc. 

(SucceRHors to SlcRman & .Well) 
18-20 East 27th Street 
NEW YORK 



BERT LEVEY CIRCUIT 



New Tork 

220 
W. 47th St. 


OF VAUDEVILLE THEATRES 

Main Office: 
AliCAZAR TIIRATRE BiriLDING 
SAN FRANCISCO 


Clilcago 
>Voods 
Building 


Kuns..Clty 
Chantbers 
Uldg. 


Detroit 
Barium 
Bldg. 


.Seattle 
. KmpreHS 
Bldg. 


Ij. Angeles 
IJiiroln 
Bldg. 


Denver 
Tiibor O. H. 
Bldg. 


Dullua 
Mclba 
Bldg. 






CAN AIAVAYS UPK GOOD ACTS 
WOODS THEATRE BLDG. 
CHICAGO 

M.AUCU.S GI.ASISR. Aagociuto 



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H. LUBIN 




MARVIN H. SCHENCK 

BOOKING MAN AUISB 
CHICAGO OrlFlClC 

600 WOODS THEATRE B'LD'G 

JOHNNY JONES 

TO CHARGK 




Spizzi's Loew Agent 

Arthur Spizzi has been . gi-ven a 
fjoew vaudeville booking franchise. 
The picture house agent will con - 
tintie the vaUdo boolting in associa- 
tion jn-_ith li.is _Q_ther actlvltieis. 




Peter Creatore of Spizzi Agencs'. 
Inc., "will, represent the firm on the 
r.ocw floor. Leonard Goldstein con- 
tiniies on the Publix and picture 
house bookings. 



Small and Mays Separate 

Small and Mays, colored, van do 
partners for some time, have split. 

Danny Small has Joined his wife 
■,ina Frod Tnn^dell.. 



ACME BOOKING OFFICES, INC. 

. ' . Booking All ThoiilroH Controlled b.v. 

STANLEY COMPANY OF AMERICA 

A route of 10 weelcH ^vithlii !)0 miles of»w York 
ArtlHts invited to book dlroet 

J. J. McKEON, Pres. 

1560 Broadway New York City 



A V.WDKVII.I.K AOHNCY AVIUCII rilODITCKS MORE THAN IT PROMISBS 
COXSISTKNT, KFKICIKNT SKUVK'K SINCli IIUS 

The Fally larkus Yaudeville i^ency 

Astor Theatre Bldg., N. W. Cor. 45th St. and Broadway 



STEVE FORREST Sir 

503 Bi,A( Iv.»<TONK BLDG,, PITT'S BVKGII, PA.- 

High CIdss Standard Acts for Picture Theatres 
OrciieHtniA, Big K<>vuoa, Comedy l<'la8li Revuea OutNtnndlng In Merit 

BREAK YOUR JUMP 

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Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A R 1 E T Y 



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9. 



IaRTIST'S €OPYl 

The Sunrise 

(Will B ring Another D ay For You) words & Music by 

EOX-TROT SONG CLIFF FRIEND 



and LESTER SANTLY 



Moderato 





Wake lip at break_. of dawn, Get up at bretTJc_ of dawn And wartch the gold - en stin - 




Birds chirp-ing in . the trees, Singsweet-estmel - o-dies, rWatch-ing the gold - en sun • i 

_ . J . . J.1 % . A - Jf* TT ■% _ *_ _ * « ._ 



You'll find the birds and flow rs Have been a - wake for hours, 

All na . ture seems ___ to smile. Once more life seems« worthwhile. 




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Yearn -, ing to see the sun - rise . 

Watch-ing thegold_«. cn sun - rise: 



sad 



ness,. 



sor - row, ______ 

CHORUS ti -.fd ttmp^ 



The 
Re 



The night brings__ you 
Though night brings you 



dawn will, 
mem - ber. 



— bring 



in 



ring glad 
to - mor 




thru 



gray skies . Coa 




Comes siriil - ing 



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o - ver the hills, 



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Glad. to bring ' you 
A A A A A vocorit. 



new day. 



For you to make it a 



^^^^ 

a bright or blue day, 



If yn\^r^>. on - hap - py, ______ Then start * to -* mor- row a-new. 



Fat thTM the gray skies,' ^' ^ The sun rise ^ wiU 




bring an - otb - er day for 



yoUi 



The you.. 



Copyright MCMXXYII by LEO. FEIST, Idc, Feist Building, Nev York.U. B.A. 

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VARIETY 



FILM HOUSE REVIEWS 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



FOX 

(PHILADELPHIA) 

' PhilaclclphUi, Jan. i6. 
I3usIuoi<H here this wtvek capacity, 
ami J'uul 'VVhiteman at the Stanley 
OJvIy a cotiple of blocks away. In- 



after beats than a boat has back 
swells and tickling a cymbal until 
it laughs Itself to death, this par- 
ticular member also hops to a mog- 
apliono to warble morie than aver 



GRAND RIVIERA 

(DETROIT) 

Dettoit, Jan. 28. 
One of the two outlyinff theatres 



Btrung with lights and the center I rives Its stage material; from tlie 
trio h.aving a pimVheel offoct chits- Chicago Keith oillc© (Glenn Burt) 
ing: around them. Presentation ran |Tiiat should be the best, brief tip -off 



ageTy."'' Lrttle doubt this youth ie the l.of Us Hind In . Detroit, In quite a 
best drummer along the stroet as to lively section, aeating over 2,D00, 

- . . , . .ability and showmanship, ind that using stage band presentations pi 

stead of lying down under poweruu j^^^j^^^j^g ^j^.g <jance: orchestra cur- good grade and flrst-tate films on 
compf'titive lire the director of this first neighborhood run. Sounds good, 

house put on a couple of extra acts, pipal© had an electric display to and the Rlv Js nearly aa good as it 
routined his vaudeville to run as a j^Qlgj^^j,. . 14 girlg coming do-OrTi from looks and sounds, 
preseniation and cut the acts down ^j^g flies on. perclies, the supports | It Is C. W. Munz-operated and de 

to cUinaxers. Resultwas a siJfcedy 

nine-act- bill moving with all the 
precisiori of a Broadway picture 
house stage production and result- 
ing favorably, not only at- the box. 
ofnce. but as entertainment. . 

Tlie ballyhoo of nine acts with a 
t)icturrt got around town .fast. The 
\\'hole performance, • ini?luding pic- 
tures, ran iaround HO mi.hutes. 

Harry Ilines delivers as master of 
ceremonies in high h,it. During the 
flr^t six or seven acts Hines linnts 
■himself to brief, snappy introduc- 
tions in light comedy vein. In next 
to closing ttines got the front, to do, 
his own stuff after an Introduction 
by Fred Berrens. - • , r-/ i 

Although slow in getting started, 
Hin«s soon began to get across. 

little 



31 minutes. 

House orchestra plays ."Da- GIoc- 
bhda" for the overture, and the 
nowsreel mostly, consists, of M-G 
shots. • 

^Business light at two. p, m. Sun- 
day. Sid. 



Some of the business is a 
laughs on legitimate material were 



GRAUMAN'S CHINESE 

(LOS ANGELES) 

Los Angeles, Jan. 27. , 
.Sid Graumah has put this par- 
ticular stage attraction on because 
of "The Circus," with Charlie Chap- 
lin, running but .70 minutesi. So he 
spent a bit of dough to put on an 
aftmospheric entettalnnierit la the 
" " one- 

ring circus. Ori the outside of his 
theatre are the menagerie cages, 



single labeled Paigfe in clown make- 
up, mixed with vocal lyrics. Was 
particularly, entertaining. Comedy 
failed to detract attention from 
Paige's skillful handling of his in- 
fetrumcrtt. Returns w.et'e . strong. 

Pred Berrens and his 10-piece 
Jazz hand served as. a. background 
tor the whole unit. After ac.com- 
PHinyiiig a chorus of eight and four 
acts following, the boys . play a 
couple of numbers, giving Berrens 
time to do hi.s old^ violin number 
with the Ampico piano for the 
finish. Attempt at straight comedy 
Is unsatisfactory, but the musical 
number with the Ampico gets 



on the quality of the theatre's 8ta.gc 
shows. 

By that booking ihetliod the Riv 
IS, of course, playing pure yaudc 
talent, but playing it in such a wiy 
as to make it appear the sani© tal- 
ent was. born In a picture, house. 
Acts that K-A utilise in ; vaude 
houses simultaneously with an alibi 
(or want of something better but 
not available, are, on this stage, 
top-bll'led, prolonged and forced all 
over the place, and not in vain. Qii 
the lilm house stage a-rtd in front of 
the band the so-soa of vaude are far 
more desirable. Their turns, if sin- 
gly imprisssive oh a bar-e. stage, are 
here made doiibly- so. by. sheer force 
of the musical backing ahd.^prescn-. 
tation suiToundings. When preceded 
by tliat atmosphere they are vir- 
tually "in" before opening. 

To set off its vaude. talent in the 
intended m.anher, the Rix employs 
a' permiahent producer, Liew Kane, 
formerly road man. and booker for 
tlie Doew western bflflce (Johnny 



MAINSTREET 



foyer and welcoming the incoming 
guests the opening night. Then, 
too, Sid gave away a lot of pink 
lemonade and hot dogs at the inter- 

m^issionln^the forecourt of the the- I jonesT" Wher^ Kane"grthe7cd' h'i^^ 

productlonal knowledge is better 
known by himself, but It is, never 
thelnss obvious he possesses it 

His current , presentment, called 
"Carnival of iFun," has a w.eoilth of 
flash and mounting, offers them 
what, they appear to. want and En- 
tertains creditiably;. In bther words 
it is ba.sically along the linos of 
iKSiial film hou.se production, also 
holding a nevir Idea that might boar 
watching and trying. elsewhere. The 
twist is breaking the- show in tiio 
middle to work an act in ''one," with 
the turn's personal drop Ctsed 

Ar-^gratif-yihg . relief In that it 
changes the pace and Is a .sugges- 
tion for other presentation pro- 
ducers to do likewise in cases where 
the ax:t'3 scenery is up to the stand - 
ird of the house property. For turns 
featuring talk tli'e "one" arrange 



atre. That's all foi' $1.65 top 

.Sid has an Orchestra of around 
50 in the pit. Will Prior is con- 
ductor. Prior had one oi those old- 
time overtures, with songs of the 
days, when you were a boy, which 
served as. a prelude to the opening 
scene. That scene was the outside 
of the aide show with the boys 
doing the ballyhoo, just as they do 
on the big lot. Sid trotted out all 
of his side show freaks, from the 
contortionist to the tall gxiy and the 
fat girl and the midget. He did 
not miss a detail. i That scene was 
not long either, about eight min 
utes. 

The drapes were then flown, and 
one saw the interior of the circus 
tent. The big . top was up and the 
were In the bleachers 
Those patrons were wax figures. 



(KANSAS CITY) 

Kansas City^ Jan. 2T; 
That "Ther Shepherd of the Hills" 
was written in this town and, the 
scenes of the . tale, the Ozarks, are 
familiar, to many here gave the 
screen feature a dandy local angle. 
Sunday opehlng was capacity, with 
long Imes held out most of the time. 

The stage show is a lively affair, 
with three comedians, working hard 
and honors going to Hai'lan Chris- 
tie. With the Louisville - Loons he 
has been -entertaining the Maln- 
strieeters : for the past 32 week.s. 
Opening number by the Loons was. 
a descriptive overture, a di-stinct 
change from the hot stuff the band 
has been doing. Freddie Stritt, m. c. 
when the house adopted the stage 
band policy, was introduced as gue.st 
m. c. ana started his familiar clown- 
ing. Red Nbrvo & Co. were . first' in 
a novelty musical and dancing nunl-: 
her. Red's xylophone playing feat- 
ured. "The Haines Sisters, blondes, 
are harmonizors and guitar players 
of merit. Band's weekly feature was 
Walter Davidson's impression of an 
Ozark orchestra, and , the boys hit it 
up with some old tunes. ''. 

George Shreck and Co. next with" 
dance routines. Shreck consumedra 
lot of time clowning before getting 
started, . and came near* flopping. 
HoweVijr, he. left 'em wanting more 
dancing. Stritt followed with his 
singing specialty, and a fast number 
by the band, with. Stritt still on, 
closed.. . Hughes. 



ROXY 



brought the whole crew back. 

Screen feature, "The Gateway to 
the Moon" (Fox), not so heavy. 

Mori, 



laughs as well as alttention. 

Kirby and Smith, acrobats, pre- 
ceded ' the fipale. . Low comedy. 
iacrobatSi both boys working silent- 
ly, drew a steady stream of laughs. 

Gus Mulcahy soloed on a mouth- 
organ arid, encored with a few 
fitnllts. ^Followed by Roy Shogan,. 
specialty dancer,- with dl/ficult buck PP*^rons 

and winging. Business in addition, L^ nose pi near-sitrhted "^r""^ ^""^^ 'i'^ "X''^ 

Is flash v enough to register.. f° ; ■'^"®re is manyva near sigmeu ,nent seems handy and for musical 

MaSe LewiS feminine warbler, ^ b^^^^ '^o would have ,,^^„^panixnent the band can be 

eiVen little time, but results did thought they were alive. Kcld in readiness In back of the 

lot wariSnt a longer stay. First to take the big announce- Li-Qp. As In this show music played 

GerS^Sn concept pianist, soloed ment from the ^y with the walrus Uy an unseen medium held a sur- 
r«S to^ the newB^^^^^^ 

pi lor to tne ne%vs.reci^_ I With their acSrobatic dogs. Great th© absence of the theatre'.s 

to ^et a show under wal as the regular band conductor and master 
turn is fast and a flash. Pepito, of ceremonies, the m. c. mantle fell 
musical clown, next with a short this week on the shoulders of Cole- 
specialty, and then worked during man Goetz, outside act, while Bernie 
the Interludes, While they "were [ chalk, ordinarily a bandsman, led 
waiting between the firsthand sec- the stag© band, Keystone Serenad 
^NEW YORK^ I ond scenes there was a pretty good lcrs. 

XT.. v«,-v Taii 2.9 male singer, who gaVe them "Pag- Goctz, throwing In a lot more th.an 
New; York. Jan. ea. uacci" In cloWn costume. Just at- hig usual routine for the occasion, 
House is currently playing arouiyl I niospherlc. . „^ mad© an excellent announcer and 

with "The Student Prince" (M-G-M) 1 After Pepito the Rooneys— Ed ggnd-ih man, also going over in his 
and. a Mbrt Harris presentation, and Jemrty— in aerial trapeze work, own attempts. He Is a smart talk 
titled "Dream Garden." Principal J xhey sure supplied plenty of thrills \\n«, flip comic in any surroundings 
value in the latter item centers on r^nh their stunts. Then Jenny probably make good use of 

production. If it hasn't too .'"'Jf," cam© back alone and gave the cash lagt week's blister gag after seeing 
punch in the running order, still it s ijuyera ^ few more thrills on . her h-he machinery, 

not hard to look at. . , a ©Wii. Three Freehands, boys, did Lewis and LaVarr, Intermediate 

Full -stage set Is a terraced garaen their gymnastic and perch work, | vaude standard, were the pair fa- 
©ffect lighted in violet, green and ^^Ich went oyer smash Ingly. Slay- vored with th© •'orie" exception, 
purple, with the. opening having z*\ man All and his Blue Devils, eight, [They clicked with their regular talk 
girls sprinkled above and In front or trotted out for their whirlwind as never seen before and they 
the stage band doing what the Revo- stuff. Then Pallenberg's Bears, worked as though kno.wihg it. And 
lutionary boys and girls might n^^ then that offstage music sold them, 

termed - a "hot ' " I After that was the piece de re- The standout turn.on returns was 

strictly according to b^trauss ^or | gistance— Poodles Hanneford - and that composed of. two youngsters, 

his family. ^Out-and-out show top- j Madle and Ray. They open as a 
' i="— 1 dancing act, the girl niftily cxecut 



CAPITOL 



It Isn't 

BtncLiy - a,v;i;u4-u*iif^. StraUSS- O.r 

Gershwin, just on© of /those In- ^ ^ 

between routines that threatens to 1 ^^^^ as well as house fillers. 



break aganist rhythm but never 
quite makes It. All, even the band, 
are in Colonial costume, some of the 
instrumentali.sls being inflicted with 
queer-fltting wigs, a grating not© In 
an otherwise attractive set. 

Specialists list John Maxwell, 
liloyd and Brice. Billy Taylor and 
Fain and Dunn. Last-named team 



Not a bad . show all around, and 
none too expensive. . Vng, 



GRANADA 



Ing a toe and eccentric number and 
the boy whamming' with taps, then 
into reverse for a series of rnpe 
tossing stunts in cowboy garb. Boy 
is especially adept with- th© lariat, 
featuring a trick in whch he twirls 
eight short ropes 8ifnultaneou.«^ly 
This Is made possible by five aiis 
pcnded by sticks attached to a belt 
around his waist A very brigh 



(SAN FRANCISCO) 

San Francisco, Jan. 25. 
Fanchon and Marco's Crinoline 
- — — . , I Idea serVeig as a background for Iho 

came up tVom the street debut . of Owen w<..»u v«.y u...m.. 

mJLTnn fh? ^eufv-^^tirs cot rid ^o^ Sweeten, new orchestra director and turn, interesting and talented, and 
lifted on the elevators, got r a qeremonles, at the Gran-_ high, low, jack on youth: 

tw«.yong? uiid finished hioro^quiet^^ thorough "mu^^^^ ^^-on^jouia 

than 19 their wont. . Lloyd arid B^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 

are a; couple of come^ly acrobats ^^^^^ showmanship combined to make 
theoretically didn't^fit the surround- ^ ^ leader' a strong asset for 
Ihgs but offset that diagnosis ^y West Coast Theatres' cir- 

toaklng 'em laugh_and getting sorn^ [^^^j^ house, 

The "Crinoline Idea" has been re- 
viewed In Variety.— Jan Rubini, con 
;cerf violinist; Miss Maxine, eccen- 
tric (iancor; ■ DuUin and Draper, 
dancers; Jimmy Ray, soft shoo 
dancer; Helen Warner, comedienne, 
and Shirley and Lay ton, steppei;.s. 
are in it. Fir.st number by the band 
under Sweeten, was n classical, with 
the iicw leader soloing on the cor- 
net. Regulars voiced approval. 

Following dance by Miss Maxinc 
the band went, into a hot jazz num- 
TtniiCinpr as the oarson. Built up P^'^^' featuring several of the band I announced .6r.lv by the side cani.'?| 
i^iv but the finish let it down. hoys in novelty stuff that caught accompanied by a listless pit band 
Ma'xwell and his dual dr<N<5slng the fancy. Sweeten and three of and confronted by the dead pan.M 
nnrt dull voice won heavy approval I the band boys constituted them- I of an imexpectant vaude audience 
and turns loose a falsetto register solves a male quartet. On next w^as The RIv goes right down the line 



applause. Walt Roesner and Billy 
Taylor teamed to harmonize a pop 
number and then go.,Into a soft- 
ishoe routine plus top hats, canes 
and tuxedos. Ta;ylo'r is a holdover 
' and very much urider. wraps this 
week. A pip dancer, Taylor is doing 
nothing much more than decorating, 
and accoTding to that should lighten 
a hbavy facial niakcUp. Roesner 
also contributes a descriptive com- 
edy recitation, the band holping, 
Which, ends in a wedding between 
two of the musicians in meter with 



IDeland Dell completed the travel 
Ing quartet, getting over on his 
hokum and duplicating with comedy 
Iiopfing. He is perfect for stage 
band frontage. • 

Besides Including th© "on©" set 
Kaiie's show opened In "two" to go 
full stage, with the finale later re 
vealihg an Upper phiftorm for flash 
effect.. ■ ■ 1 

All production. work was excellent, 
this department alsd ' Including "an 
olght-girl baWetj permianent in the 
opening, a special number and the 
(inale. ■ 

About tho first thought after wit 
ncssfng this stage show is one of. 
wonder as to how this sanie lineup 
of .'lots would go If on a bare stage 



his entrance on the horns of a prop 
bull, keeping them laughing. 

Rlgoletto Brothers, billed as 
Broadway revue stars, presented 
som© eas)? magic, a laughable dog 
with miraculous tall-control, and an 
improvised one-mian band. Swanson 
Sisteris, one of the niftiest blonde 
sister , twosomes in presiaiitations^ 
worked with the Rigolett© boys,, sis* 
ter-teamlng: it generally. 

MerofC and his men were doUed.in. 
white, the m. c. maklrig effective 
entrance seated in a chair carried 
by four blacks^ Meroff closed the 
bill with an arduous . soft . shoe 
dance, a, \a adagio, EJd ward JHouse, 
billed as the .singing organist. Is a 
fav.. but he should sing louder. It's 
a good idea., "Silk Legs". (li'ox) tho 
feature picture. Vitaphone sub^ 
Jects: Harrington Sisters and Rlch^ 
ard, CarlCi Granada audiences lik^^ 
Vitaphone. Busines good, . ■ 



(NEW YORK) 

New York. Jan. 29. 
Colorful show typlciU of the Ro.xy, 
strong on prodxiction prodigality, 
sumptuous, istage picture and mass 
effects. Specialty stars ar^. some 
how smothered in the mass and you 
come away conscious of all the mag 
niflcence, but without the recollec 
tlon of any particular detail. 

Prodution ' spl.ish this week, is 
called "La Rusaie Ancienne;" An 
explanatory program note is ap- 
pended that the scenes depict the 
traditional.' entertainment held by 
th© Russian nobles. Here was a 
subject the house could spread it- 
self on. And did. A regal banquet 
hall don© in the riot of colors fa- 
miliar from the BaliefC productions 
is the setting for. ensemble costume 
compositions that are stunning. 

To the rainbow hues of the ban- 
quet guests there ar© added the 
shimmering dresses of dancing girls, 
and .finajlly the delirious color comr 
binations of peasant girls summoned 
to entertain the gathering, nbt to 
speak of Mnio. Gambarelii as a Rus- 
sian bride, dancing with Nicholas 
Daks as a sublimated Cossack and 
backed by the Roxy. ballet ensem- 
ble. Through the 16 minutes or so 
of spectacle there Is swift succes- 
sion of solo aiid choral' singing and 
dancing, both solo and In groups. 
Veronica's to© danc© solo was as 
sightly as anything else in the 
pageant. 

The' presentation Interlud© also 
comprised an agrceabl© bit of song 
by Forbes Randolph's Kentucky Ju- 
bilee Choir in three negro spirituals, 
a setting of a plantation cabin be- 
ing the background. Coming imme- 
diatfely on . top of • the orchestra's 
overture from "La Boheme," the 
contrast was excellehL Nine min- 
utes. 

The 16 Roxyettes put. a vast 
amount of fascinating unison danc 
ing into four minutes, being dressed 
in cloth of gold frocks against a 
drop royal purple for. a striking 
effect. These girls match anything 
on Broadway for perfection of drill 
and flawless timing in rhythmic mo 
tion. 

A pretty setting went with the 
silhouettes., Thre© gigantic table 
lamps occupied the stage. Dresden 
figures decorated the china bases, 
while the costume figures silhouet 
ted on the lamp shades became 
animated and performed their stops, 
on© a plerett© in legmania, one a 
bit of minuet by three figures and 
tKe'tKirda'eoffi^d J^etmtOTtibh" danc 
by a. dancer in Chinese costume. 

News-reel intervened between this 
and tiie Russian sceneia, showing in 
teresting Movietone bits, besides a 
wide rang© of Pathey Kinbgram and 
International clip."?. . Movietone had 
in full Grpver Whalcn's welcome to 
Cosgravo down the bay as well, as 
the Irish leader's reply; Chinatown 
(New-- -York) - New Year's ceiebra 
tlon; Charles E. Hughes' address 
in -I ray ana at the. Pan-American 
confcrencofi. International's shots 
had th© impressivo funeral services 
for Oen.' C.oothal.s at West Point. 
. Film f<-atiirc, . "13 Washington 
Squai'e." Rvshh 



METROPOLITAN 

~ (LOS ANGELES) 

Los Angeles, Jan. 27. 
The Met celebrated its fifth births- 
day last .Week and Cllfl: Ifldwar.da 
helped to do it. Edwards made his . 
bow to coast picture houses, with a 
decided flourish. His disk r<»puta- . 
tiph meant something. As early as 
the first show Thursday they.' were . 
standing. 'em up in-the corridors. . c_ 
. AJ Lyons, newly installed band 
leader, was In the- pit conduptihef 
"Orpheus" for the first musical .. 
number. The. house orchestra has " 
recently been augmented by six 
men, giving the. combination 34 men. 
The boys are ■. first-rate musicians 
and . several are qualified to douW© 
in song jind dance.. Lyons is of the 
conser.y.ative type, more concerned 
with putting Qv6r band numbers 
than clowning around. With tho 
assistance of three of the b.dys li© ' 
put oh a comedy quartcxt which 
scored. Among other things Lyons 
dabbles with the accordion and is 
no chump at it. 

Fanchon and Marco's "Birthday 
Idea" wa.s a flash layout, 24 nifty 
(lolls who can do things looking 
.great. These girls are a standard 
bunch and ar© always up to snuff 
"h their work. Group routines by 
the gang of fems were neatly exe- 
cuted while Lyons was introducing 
a new pop number aided by Elmer 
Herling, band yocali.st with a nice 
voice and an Interesting xylophon© 
solo by the drummer. Customers 
went strong for Harry White and 
Alice Manning, dance team who just - 
closed in the prolog at Grauman's 
Chinese. They used their comedy 
routine her© and walked off with a 
band. Their type of. stuff has not 
been overdone around these parts. 

Ollff Edwards followed everything 
on tho bill. If at first the customers 
couldn't catch on to him It wasn't 
long before they did. H© spilled a 
gag for every number he use^ and 
mad© them like It. After doing moro 
than six numbers Edwards made It 
diflflcult for this finale to go on. H© 
had to beg off. The windup was a 
hug© cake with the girls for plums. 

Norma Shearer In "The Latest 
from Paris" (M-G) was the feature. 
Paramount newsreel found Items o£ 
interest. At the org.an Ann Leaf 
presided in straight style while dis- 
pensing some tuneful notes. 



+hat fa liable to fool most of any of Hi-len Warner, hefty comic, who for plc.turo house clas.sificatlon In 

li e boys oh a picture -house stage, •''Ings in deep mannish voice off .stage having a solo organist. Merle CL-yk; 

He's so far from- the audience that hcfore entrance. Miss Warner load the mob in song. Clark was 
.■-^^.;»;h^- to do a- stralght-fe mme^Jt M^ 

would botouffh to define the imper- Pullea a skit wnth one of {\\& band TTe liad Vm singing when caught. . 
Bon-ition Ho is currently dr.essed hoys that drew plenty of- laughs. "Valley of tho Oiants" (F. N.) on 



Sho was forcedyto encore. 

Shirley arid I'age, boy and girl, 
danced, assisted by six girls in 
speedy stepping. Jimmy Ray, 



as man and woman, turning his 
profile to the house as he interprets 
. the lyrica Chester Hal© Girls, 16, 

do a nice can© routine In which the . , , ., - . , , 

pos.sibllitles do not seem to have hoofer is all a.^-tion wh<M^ he dajuces^ 
Wn fully probed- A tableau flni.sh, with Rnhlnl and 

The stage band of 25 continues a I two of- the Crinolin© girls vying' 
htandouL Especially tlie drummer, {against the present-day ^ancers. 
• This boy could easily be strength- P Screen featiJi^/'W ito S;^Vers,^, 
>n6d into » feature. Salvolnff- mor^ Judrnt-dK 



-tlie screen in first neighborhood 
showing. Sevfcr© cold held attend- 
ance down to three-quarters. 



Paul Specht Is'back In vaude with 
his band, reopening Feb. 2 at the 
Williard for liofew. H© appears at 
the New York AmfolQipaw.fli'A bAlf, 
f©b.' U. ■ ■ ; 



GRANADA 

(CHICAGO) 

Chicago, Jan. ti. 

Bepny Meroff's "Congo Carnival" 
regi.ster.s. Scenic effecLs are an Af 
rican jUng],e, .with straw stockades 
painted natives, grass skirtiRd girls 
and plenty of atmosi>here. The bal 
Ir^t-.^f eti t-ii nng-^An n--- Sh^vdlco^v^^-^^^"^ 
tlirouf;li some African gyrations 
that are a credit to the ballet pro 
Uucer, Ain.slce T.,ftmhert. 

Mere, himself, was next up with 
a sax solo, and Carl Byal, ma1<? .solo 
ist, cam© through with some nice 
vocal work. Byal has his share of 
personality and sings Well. Broom 
field and (h-ecley (colored) do som© 
song and dance stuff that is credit 

m4>te> Jwdk StrouM, l>lack£ac!B^ mad^«nd Mi^^ Kellly contigil^^ Hei* 



CHALONER 

(NEW YORK) 

New* York. Jan. 27. 
Friday nights and' only 10 min- 
utes walk from Times square, two 
blocks, off Broadway, two bits en- 
titles the holder of a ticket to H 
vaudeville acts, a full length feat- 
ure picture, a comedy, one eplsodo 
of "The Trail of the Tiger," a 
newsreel and sundry other seenea'--i 
children in arms admitted. 

For the thrifty housewife It's a; 
good buy, and for the Chaloner 
with its 1,600 seats it's evidently 
a profitable p'ollcy judging from tho 
capacity attendance. 

Friday niis:ht usually brings the 
younger element but In fore©. It'0 
.opportunity -ntghti—toor - arid local- 
talent, mostly: furni.shed by Solly 
Shaw, booker, at from six bits to 
$3 a throw, makes its fervent bid 
for favor with th© populace east of 
Ninth avenue. . 

Success is here, measured by the 
number and volume of gallery 
vrhistlers. Failure invariably results 
in raucous criticism, in most cases 
a. little, severe. The audience, 
somewhat . untutored as to. correct 
personal conduct in the presence of 
apiostles of th© miises. Insists on 
giving voice to displeasure. " 

Joey Ryan opened. Attired in . a 
shiny blue serge,. Joey set out to 
win the long distance mouth- orgaii 
record by playing continuously, 
though unharmonlously, for a great 
length of time. After the first 
couple of minutes members of the 
audience began, to comrricnt on thei 
boy's prqwessr loudly debating 
amon.gst them.selves as to his 
merits. Wlien Joey concluded the 
audience seemed to be taking a 
vot© which evidently resulted in 
ifavopiof=Joeyr=-;-[FoF».an-encore--.TGey- 
hoofed. This effort tended to show 
that .Joey's career on th© stag© ia 
in his mouth organ, 
. Christin© Reilly, In pink bloom- 
ers, cam© next, .The bloomers aro 
the 'best part of the act becaus© 
they're new. Miss Rellly's frantic 
Interpretation of the black h(>ttom 
created mixed sentiment. The ayes 
won after a brief but hectic battle. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



A E VIEWS 



VARIETY 



37 



in the 



VUOlll 

lady 



de- 
ad- 



next effort was 
iwirtment. The , . 
Sreesed herself to the le£t side ot 
the house, soiindhiR a luiidor nolo 
'In that section and; gaye vent t«>. 
a ditty entitled "Is Your Heart 
Filled With Pain?" WluMeupon a 
^B-at crjed, "No. but my ears, are." 
Failing to create an impression 
. Miss Reilly switched to hoohpK 
acain, this, time with h^r own ver- 
ion of the Charlbston. She .passed 

- «ii meekly. 

■Miss ■Williams, colored entertam- 
er* sane twice but no one heard 
Ser on account of Uie yiftpr with 
Which the boys in, the: hou.se or- 
^estra rattled their instruments. 

Jackie Rooney, the Rooneys are 
iLlmo^t aiwalys represented on ama 
te^r bills by name; came on hooling. 
He left without objection; 

In. the next act Miss BeUm , was 
• the central . figure in a lamenlaWe 
niece of business which might well 
he called "The Tragedy, of the 
Broken Chord," Miss Bekin re 
ceived a warm welcome— niaybe be- 
cause some of the girls in the axuH- 
ence liked her • ytllow. dress, bhe 
■ sainE a tuneful pop number with 
She passion of a soul in • torment.. 
She carefully treaded the dimeult 
paths of musical .piissages with 
trick notes in every bar. And^ just 
as she came to the triumphant ch- 
•max her voiL'e broke and - the re- 
sult was a long drawn out wall 
that resulted in a burst of ci'uel, 
. unfeeling laughter fi-oin the .ho;ise. 
After that Miss Bekin danced an 
Irish jig and sang again, but \vith- 
avail. However, . ."^he won a 



PARAMOUNT 



(stt'iiiunsi. 
and lln)).' 



out 

'*'*Dfck Hurl, Irish te.uoiv died; . He- 
tried to sing, but (he- vastjnajpnty 
decided it was a Ava.'^te p£ time, and 
since they all. told him so.AVitnm^SO 
seconds of his appearance. Hiii l d*-- 
cided that riiaybe they . werp ; right. 
He' cut it short. . 

There were othei-s, too. (.>eorgie 
Moser. who should he in a regnlar 
act on account of the cliinax.^r in 
his three-minute hoofing number: 
Bapper Dan. who sot the ou.stomers 
BO excited .some of thoin applaiid.Hl 
with, blocks of wnod 
the railings ; - Jackie McCiu tinvr. 
acrobat, whose sole piece ^ of prop- 
erty is n chair; an/l who .should de- 
Telop with trainii(g. and a eolored 
male songster who. Ic-Ct them un- 
concerned. . . „;..;, ..o.vim 
The feature picture was inwim, 
r-iio «;wiin" (Pair.). As an answei 
S'lliS^"Sut£ who said Geitnide 
Edcrle didn't mean anything it as 
noteworthy that the audieneejip- 
plauded Avhen Miss Edcrle nnme 
was flashed o n the sore en. -Uoi i. 

CAPITOL 

(CHICAGO) 



(NEW YORK) 

■ New York, .Ian '.J9. 
No -out.-^iundGi'.s on the- .^lngi; iii: .J. 
Murray ' Ai'ulcr.^Dn's .sj-ciiir eiivitVod 
"Milady's Fan."' tl)ini.uh two wwms 
of ho<n'rr.^, Koi'nice and Kiiiily and 
Ojeda jind Imbert rate higlily. I>raw 
evidently- ehtru'stcd to the si-jven 
feature, "Old Iron.sides.'V . 

Slgmund Krumgold, • Who . has 
Jesse Crawford's spot, is. iho: {.jiiest 
organist and delivers in an ex- 
tremely ■ ent ertaiiiing ' manner .with 
•cO,m»'dy iyrii'S oh. slides..- A high- hat 
version .of "Sundown," replete \vilh 
seven-syllable words,' ..oreattd a 
heavy respun.se.. Light material on 
the organ, but only if as well done 
as in this instance is a change from 
the usual , for the regulars. > 
: The Adiii Kaufman . girhs, 10, are 
attractively eostuhied. but flop on 
tormations nnd. other .business, at- 
tempted. Returns slow and light. 
Rae Eleanor B.all, in bri.s'ln yellow 
evening gown. failed to conAince the 
customers aS a violinist. She recov- 
ered slightly by taking Al Mitchells 
spot, as leader d^the stage orehestra 
for a number. - 't ', . . 

Berhioe and Kmily, sister team 
with an acrobatic danOing routine, 
clinch with twin somer.saults clear 
across the .'•tnge. Hardly nun-e than 
an inchin space .showed between the 
two when they landed. The guis 
also stL-.nd on their hefids .for a cou- 
ple oC minute.s.;. doing.: splits at. th.e 
same time and in unison; They 
double into next to closing for about 
two ■minutes of smart foot: work. . ., 
Dorothy Neville, in broad - 
brimmed hat and hoops, sang. Cold,^ 
but held the: last high note -for ap- 
plause; Oj''da and linbert scored in 
a Spanish f.nn number dance. The 
man is the feature of thi.^ act, with 
his tambourine interpretation. 

Harry Burns, comedian, .a.s.sisted 
bv Tony de T.uca, lightweight, here. 
'Xewsr.-'el mo.stly Paramount and 

M-rr-.\r. •i^'>'''- 



frii.nds . out front by his 
The turn got over snroriiv 
had to bCK off- for Maxin<>. 

Girls on again for a novel .versu'n 
of- the ."Var.sity I>rag." whh .Mi>-=s 
I'aKc doing an eccontriv dance that 
qlicked ■ nicely. the ' l-'our' Chci-r 
L.'aders; and four di; the; orchosira 
bOvs, teamed up with the girls for 
some snappy stepping, revealing ^ u; 
Smith, of: the band as a . no' mean 
comio. 

: Doakes - and Doakes Were nex t 
with a new act which they originated 
here on the coast. Garbed - its a 
couiile of hicks they put over si.me 
parodiei and specirtl coniedy .song 
numbers- that. can't.; go wrong with 
any crowd. Their.stuff was uniaue, 
to ' say the lea.st, and . they put it 
across -with plenty of showmanship. 
Headed east soon, these two boys 
ought to knock 'emi. 

Harry Vernon, after a long stay at 
.Loew's State, Los. Angeles, made hi.s 
local debut in a cycle of .song num- 
bers that a\t)0 stamped him with t.h<> 
badge of showmanship. Vernon 
radlate.s personality and .sporcd han- 
dily.. • , 

For the finale Wol.f had a numho- 
.. the band boys play" soloes that 
brought but individual. talent; Paul 
Morgan, played- a cornet solo. Jo<- 
Palange clicked handily -\vilh h:s 
sax. Vic Snhlith followed with a pic- 
eold number. Then Friday Smith on 
the tuba, Julius Shanis on- the oboe. 
Eddie . O'Mally on the : xylophone; 
and Joe LaRocca on the lii^i'P-: ]''di' 
the windup Rube performed on the 
cornet in a fast hot number ths'l 
started the -hands going long before 
the curtain stiaf tod.. 

Oil. the. 'scr.?Pn Norma.' Sheal'.er in 

'^The Latest from Pari.s." . 
. . . Kd wards. ■ 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEWS 



PALACE 

(.St. .Vaude) 



HAYS-REPUBUGANS 



Jan. 27. 
street of 
these 



Chicago, 
Broadway may be the 
chumps, but why overlook 
Chicago neighborhoods .' 

Oh^ inefficient stage band leade 
was In a helghborhood theatre Joi 
several months, disliked by- ma- 
jority of patrons, but was, reta .ned 
because business wasn't terrible. 
^tl"er than blow into^ 
.Sflghborhood .or into, the loop f oi 
their entertainment, the 
continued /handing out .shekels to 
thft^eatre. i>roba.bly J"st Jecause it 
was m the neighborhood. r'l*?^'^ 
neighborhood chumps who fwaHow 
:po<S Programs^^without^protesv^o 



and 



twlco as dumb as the 
babies who buy tin watches 
expect 'em to tick. , r,^r.\i^\ 

Al Short returns, to the ^Capitol 
after leavnig as stage band leader a 
year ago. He is a legitimate^ at- 
traction. The presentation bu.U 
around Short is rather mild stuff 
Short appeared first to . direct the 
pit orchestra in a ^classic and pep 
medley overture, and did it w-ell. He 
belongs in the pit. ^tit in all pvob- 
abillty will be dragged back onto 
the stage by demand. _ . 

Following a newsreel Insert, Short 
again appeared in the pit to direct 
accompaniment for a Presentation 
titled "Hello, Al." ' Grayce Mitchell, 
ot operatic tendencies, took t li.e first 
■olo spot with as sweet a pair^f 
pipes as you could want for *)0 cents 
flni.shing with a pretty number em- 
ploying 20 undecided chorines for 
ballet and tableau. background. The 
chorines muffed things considerably 
but may get to.gether as the days 

*^*^Pet[no and Carthe had a short in 
terval with ballroom dan.ilnR, dis- 
playing fair footwork. Then . Grace 
Hamilton,' who sings snooky songs 
with palms forward and elbows out 
Grace crawled into the pit to yamp 
Al as she sang, and a few tittered 
Buddy Taledtt proved tne nios 
enterta-iiiing act. He appeared ^in 
baggy clothes for eccentric dancing. 
. and later he eats his .shirt front and 
a box of rtia,tche.s: This is none 
other than C-ha2 Chase using a new 
nanie following a per.sonal episode. 
This boy is a cinch comedy act foi 
all classes of. picture houses. 
• The 20 ehoriues wore more in.- 
pre.^sive doing a haii.il and '"''y-: 
tine while sitting ■ down. . TIk > 
worked in fait- unison this time, as 

Short as thi- maestro came on stage 
and pull. d oft: a good trump<'t^ solo^ 
Harry Waiman and his Debutantes 
was the . Vitaphoniv offering. H he. 
buus.- acoustics are not attuned, to 
•the talking pietures more than 
br.-ak. Kyd Chaplin in 
Ilnhter" (W. B.) 



LOEW'S MIDLAND 

(KANSAS CITY) 

Kansa!3 City, Jan. 27. . 
"Svnoojiation" is the name of this, 
stage, show, and how the boys and 
girls- lied into it!. Selections from 
"Vagabond King"; was the happy 
pick o: Carbonari for his Midland- 
ers, and the airs were heavily ap-. 
plauded. A short. M-G- newsreel 
followed, and tlion the stage show. 

Band was seated in two tiers, witi: 
plenty of room in front for the 
Rockets. Cpening number brought 
the girls out as nurses for a . dance. 
A short musical bit by one of the 
band, playing a one-string fiddle, 
was next, and then Al and Gussie 
Bloom, in their rag doll dance. Team 
has been seen here before, but hit 
with the Midland crowd, .lack Sid- 
ney, m.c.j then sang a ballad. 

A band novelty, with the gang 
plstying well-known tunes relating to 
different parts . of the country, was 
sure fire. A huge map of the U. S. 
was shown, with an electric marker 
following the musical tour from Los 
Angeles to Baltimore. The Rockets 
were introduced during; the number 
and stepped about. 

Rome and Dunn, vocalists, had the 
next .spot, and offered pops and some 
burlesque grand opera stuff. Great 
singers and entertainers, and the 
customeVs couldn't get enough; 

Finale was one of the best flasheis 
seen here. A huge piaho, covered 
with brilliants, had a dainty toe 
dancer pirouetting on the keys. A 
set of electric chimes were also used 
with nice" effect. For the finish the 
Rockets were out again and, with 
the sparkling piano as a backing, 
the b.and in front and the dancers 
doing a .sn'appy Tiller routine, made 
a smash closing number. Screen 
feature, "The Student Prince" 
(M-G).' Tfuffhrs. 



WARFIELD 

(SAN FRANCtSCO) 



give 

M niod'-rat ' 
"The Fortune 
feature. , ^ 

P.. .-au;se- ..f .Short s- rettirn 
hnv<- l>e. !• '.v.i.v lHi'-«. at r.3r. i 
houM hasi/L h .d thi.s for some time. 



thi^r*' 



San Francisco, Jan. 27 
-Big-^stage -show— at-thft — W<ar-field 
this week— 6T minutes the opening 
show. Of necessity . it had. .to be 
trimmed for sub.<5etiueht lierforni- 
ances. . : 

Ivot of outstanding "specialties, 
with Rube Wolf; bandmaster, car- 
rving away plenty of honors 

S'unnv thing, this audience view- 
point, 'j^yia of professlona:! talent 
and along comes little MaXine 
Doyle, just a step rerrioved from the 
Farichon and Marco chorus, of which 
she is. .still an integral part, warbles 
a few song numbers, dances and 
clowns a bit with. Wolf and -another 
of the band boys, and a wallop. 
Second w.eek in succession that this 
Gae Eoster protege has come under 
the c.Mtegory -of a ".show-stopper" 
.She should be in fast company, be- 
fore long. . . • 

Op<ning was a special arrange- 
menc by the band of "Souvenirs" 
whi'-h put the . mob (and it sure 
enough was a capacity gang) in Inv 
fettle.. Tli'-n Johnny Dove, in soine 
intricjite roller .skating, after whieh 
"thT^^SHnnFTam^l^i^itr'T^ 
Lucille Page, dancer, and Po-Pecp. 
int<-rprfted a waltz .darii'f> that drcw 
favorable comment. . 

Another hot number by tljc-band. 
with Rube, g'-tting everytliing pos- 
sihledut of the boys, and lli> ii M 'X- 
ihe on for her opening song. ' S-'ni" 
nifty .stepping, with the leader and 
Maxine re.-iuisitioned Jo.. T^al^nfi:. 
one of 'he saxorihone 
vortlng with him. Jot siii-i 



(Continued from pag<; l) 

tioh. Dicture industry by . pointing 
out ibat the producers . and di?trib- 
iitor's control only the screens of 
their own chiains. - 

They are members of the Hays, 
organization— independent exhibitors 

are not. 

From authentic sources U is un 
der.stood that the picture • Industry 
a whole wiH not dare eoninilt 
itself either way. Hays may be 
able to dress up two or three hews- 
reels, but stands little: chance with 
the others for more than an equal 
break on political propaganda. 
■ . Hays' Limits 
As far as exljibltlon is concerned 
Hays' po"wer r?eems to lie mainly 
\vith about 400 or BOO chain houses, 
if , that many, and it. Is doubtful, if 
these will be allowed to run an ex- 
cessive load of political material. 

The independents have control of 
the political . situation as far as 
plugging Is concerned. With over 
90 per cent. o£ the independent ex- 
hibitors working for, the pa.ssage of 
the Brookhart Bill and demanding 
a readjustment of business condi- 
tions In the motion picture industry 
it is estimated that over 7,000 
houses can b« mobilized for support 
of either or both parties 

Not having committed them- 
selves the Independents dan co'ni 
mand attention from state political 
leaders of botfe factions, supporting 
only those candidates pledging 
themselves to support the Brook- 
hart bill. An analysis of possibil- 
ities through Independent film the 
atres, which has evidently . already 
been brought to the attention of va 
rio-us poUticai leaders, may swing 
the scale In favor of Brookhart iat 
Washington, 

Hoover ahd Hays 
Of the close contact between 
Hoover and Hays there Is concrete 
eviden^e'^ilf 'the" p 
the Department of Commerce and 
in the Instance when Hays brought 
Hoover to New Yo-rk to address the 
A.ssdciated Motion Plctute Adyei - 

Hays Is the logical man as direc 
tor of the Hoover campaign,: not 
only from the screen angle, but from 
general polltlcar phases.. Biit It is 
doubtful if the Hays contract with 
the picture jproducers can be bro- 
ken. ■ ■ ' - 
, Meanwhile, the Democrats are on 
the alert. They remember, .the 
newsreel plug for the . Mellon , plan 
and do not propose to be caught m 
a- .similar - way again. - . - 
Radio 

The radio" , situation is al ways be -' 
Ing studied, It Is expected that the 
time on air will be evenly divided 
be'wfen candidates, when named. 
Senator C. C.. Dill, Demo.cral. fath-r 
.olL.=thiJ^£adjlil^bHlUs,J>I!=l^^ 
to prevent the Republicans from 



Of the nine .aets on the current 
i'ahtcc bill four are featured and. 
lOreign. 0£ the nine, .acts on mc 
v urri^iu Pala.-e . hill there i.s no man 
i)r . woman . Aiuerii an single -vrlnr- 
nvighi have Vomedy or talk, there 
is no mixed two-act- and there is no. 
eomedy two-act. 

I.,ait week the Palace had an. All- 
Knglish bill, ' Three of. those turns 
arc held, over; among the. four f.ea - 
Uired foreign turns. . 

Whioli leaves the Palace program 
this - week miisi.^ . hall, .and without 
: -nough -euiUedyV . " , ' 

Attendance .Munday . night nni.st. 
have informed ihd management the 
citv is onto it.' "r tlve' show, (.ireat 
stivte1v(^s- hi; va.-aiu'V on ' tlie. side-s, 
all ' sides Mid- taking- in the boxes. 
To the. artist on lln' stage the or- 
ehestra'.s population must . have 
looked like a. tria'ngle-willv tlie hroail- 
Side' n<>are.st. the: stage. ,It was tlie 
smallest attentlii nee ever. .n(vt<Hl at 
the Palace on a Monday <>veiVlng 
since tlie honse went through its 
lirst disei)ura.«;lng ivriiid, while try- 
ing- to put IIanihT'-rsti>in's. Vietona 
out >,>l' bnsinioss. 

That was. some yeaVs ago. (m-n. 
while Tharle.s T,'Aldrl.-h still- held 
hopes of .pliiying the Palace. . 

To the «ld-iiniers. Chas. T. Aldrieh 
is the most . important .act on the 
Palace program, tlie niost inipenn.-nV- 
in years in fact. , 

The newest turn on the bill is 
.Moss'aiid Koniana. a i-:ass l.mlirooii. 
dance act with a nite.-club, orchestl-a 
of 6 and neither meaning a thing, 
nor even the catch 'cm encore musn; 
of "Halleluiah." Mo.ss and .Fantana 
might see "l':.\ei-.ss Haggage" to lind 
out how best to steal bows. The 
tui-ii is under Now Acts .and prob- 
ablV in lor one week only. Palace 



Turn bill(-d as Julliiii . lloU aJid 
Paiid. With tliQ double eouibina- 
tlon.. the. team iiro splitting their 
regular act between the two sec- 
tions w ith Hair.s .suri'iire ■ Chaplin 
impression rdversiul for the' b.and 
s"eeti(Ui anil Mis.>=! (.Ufd) Dexter', 
^-it-'wing them up .coiivv^i«'jeiy with, a 
black bottom finish. Tlve band, nine. . 
pieces; offer . infltruhHiuatidn. in^ 
.several ensembles and fur the suc- 
ceeding Hiall-Dexter voeals. ^X^dmbo 
an out : and . out p.ihic with Hall 
clever enotigh showniah not to give 
them .an Overdose. 

Perone and; Oliver, mi.\ed' teain, 
were pleasing in a convjiMitlonal 
harmonizing cdnti'ifiution. of . a mix- 
ture of classic and . .seuii-pop stuff. 
Both ha.vo splendid vol ee,s and con r 
tribute a routine thi^t should hit. 
It did "i-.t'i-e. Shone and lUch, also 
mixed, went over neatly in 'O.-hotel 
lolibv aet Shone ha.s used -with 
"divers partners, Mi.s's lUeh being his 
latest. ■ .Sh(mo carrie.s . the comedy 
throir.;h wisecrack conversation 
over iihone with .Mis.s! Uleh, «in eye-; . 
filling blonde, later engaging for . 
.soine rep.artee, a;, vocal, aiid much 
flash of revealing ' costumes. Had 
them iill the way tlirough, but 
winded hi the. final niihutes, al-- 
tlVfUigh getting over.. . 

Margie Coate, .next, simu over a 
song repertoire with hiT usual dy- 
.namic delivery and .stopped every 
thing after her fourth ivunibcn . a 
ballad. A beg-off s.peceh named a 
cold. Xrarietta Trio, girls, closed 
witii'a pleasing combine of dancing 
I and gymnastics prefaced by. a vocal 
ensemble and registering with all, 
"Sorrell and Son" (U. A.> screen 



feature. 



/v'rfba. 



depended upon Moss and Fontana 
to diaw, since the hold over obcrs 
couldn't be expccte<l to, although 
i?veiT' one got a reception Monday 
night. AVith all of the claciues .or 
friends present the hou.se -should 
have been fuller. • ■ 

Sessue Hayakawa was the only 
foreigner, not a holdover.. He ap- 
peared in an Edgar 'Allan v\ oolf 
sketch (New Acts), one of those 
Edgar might h.-ive written while 
cooking spaghetti or mixing a high- 
ball— highball preferred. Still, not 
so bad, but easy writing and the 
Japanese is a good actol'. But as an 
example of poor support casting, Its 

superb,- , , 

Aldrieh was' No. 3, and did very- 
well. It's a question of how much 
real comedy there is in the whiskers 
bit for the time consumed, but with 
his fast changes Aldrieh got them, 
and plenty. He's a novelty turn 
and one of the reasons why Keith- 
Albee found out actors could live 
without them.. ^ 
anils' and Goodwin. (New Acts), 
No; 2, a couple of young women with 
voices in popular vintage songs, 
nearly ruined the show. They were 
over oh a nice appearance, and the 
audience warmed right up to them. 
They had a hou.se heside.s, as the 
vaude did not start until 8.30 and it 
ended before 11. 

Among the holdovers from Bng^ 
land, Ella Shields and Lily Morris 
were a tie. Miss Shields did a new 
number for an encore, and not so 
fancy. . But she has two bears in 
Bertie " and the sap song. 
. Miss Morris, next to closing, hurts 
herself by the waits. It's a danger- 
ous spot, and they started to walk, 
not because she did not please, but- 
the waits were too long, A sugges- 
tion by the reviewer of the Palace 
of last week that she use a .slide of 
the "Cell na" song to cover up was 
an excellent idea, . . 

Scott Sanders, Scdtch «ingle of 
the usual character .song and talk 
thln«, had a soft position, No. 4. 
He's all right in his way, but there 1 
have been so many Scotch singles 
with the. character song, .and talk 
thing, besides the Engli.sh slnglsr^f 
the same type. But with Sanders at 
the Palace and Sir Harry Lauder at 
the Knickerbocker at 12.20 top. no 
one will regret if a devout wish I.s 
expressed for the spcfdy recovery of 
Will Fyffe.. ■ ' , , . 

The Flemings closed the show and 
the De Valery Girls opened it. . The 
girl.<i are 12, with a boy masquerader 
who uhwig.y as the ballerino.. He s 
f;eorgie Hale, and okay.. For an en- 
semble turn, importance for this 
act wa,t not indicated. If the pro- 
ducer esires to improve the act bed 
better lower the Ught.s on the gals. 
They look no better th.an they toe 
dance and- their costumes go with 
both. 



Harry Lauder Show 

. -Vt'Ilii.im Morris present.^ thi' Itili Ameri- 
ciiw nmr of Sir Harry I^autli-r. ai;c'uupanled 
by fL-vnuileVIUtf bill. At ihi> Knlclon-bocker 
Diod'ri' for four. weeKs, b<>Kintilng Jan. '30.,. 
r$3.3b — toifz — 



AMERICAN ROOF 



p..tiing anything, over; through .th'- 
r. ■ 



-'nl ill 



Bordoni's Special Songs 
Col«.- Portos will write, the. sp'-lal. 

M,ngs Irene - Bdrdorii- will have in 

hi-r new' show. 

L(i;);«-e Crosser. Hai« i-v '-.nK 



.t.-Ml 



(Vaude r Pets-)- 
.(-iuod .show, for the money the 
tirsi half, and pU-nty watching it 
Monday night'.- flail and Dl-xtf-r with 
band, No. 4.. and .Margie. (.:o;ae. smg- 

honor,". . , • 

Lew U' la Co. opened with th«' 
n;an ffTitiiring - his contortion and 
jii.'iniiiiihiti'Hi -o.f. fui-nitur*; . willi 
ler-tli .grip. lJurl and Ifuzfd Sk.-i- 
tdl". next, offerM a fast routiiw' (if 
daji'.-iiig ()U -.skat' s • that al.-:o -gof 
over li'-.-i vy. ll.'ill and Dexter.' mi.s* d 
team., mopped up a.s ustial . w-iih 
tlieir reL'iil.'w two ai.t. i-hatir.. .-ind 



The recurring, unending and in- 
tensifying miracle of the . worl^ 
stage.. Enough panegyrics have beori! 
written about HaiTy Dauder. Noth- 
ing can bo added, Ex'cept the after- . ; 
glow of progressing time. And. 
plenty of water- has flowed under 
the bridge."? since Harry wa.s here 
last. And, in fact, since he ap-. 
pe.ared before an audience last be- 
fore this New York pn'miere at the 
Knick, Every time ho conies there 
is .something new. He was the only 
single comedy star to ever play the 
Metropolitan Opera house a full, 
•week; Now it Is the first time he 
plays a four weeks' engagement In 
New York. 

Not since last May, :when the-sec*- 
ond and final tragedy of his roman- 
tic and unique life came to him . 
with- the death of his adored wife, 
had he faced footlights. Monday 
night, to a sold-out theatre, he wajj . 
the rollicking comic, the comedian ' 
extraordinary. . The Pagllaccrin the 
flesh-. I-Ie made them laugh, he - 
wrung them dry after he had doused 
them with laughter. Then he 
drenched them again — with tears, A 
few well-choflen words, no reference . 
by name or direct implication to his 
loss, and a song of courage— and he 
had a thousand people weeping. 

And he, too. Wept, IJo glycerine. 
The honest tears twinkled in. his 
eyes as the lights played on them. 
He filled up and cut his customary 
curtain speech of Jollity and phi-, 
losophy brief,, ,Ju^>t then ho wasn't' 
the great artist i he -was just the big 
man. Maybe only a big boy. 

In his progrram he practically du- 
plicated the first routlnc TTd did in 
New York, which set the nation 
aflame with his name. In succession 
he sang the old timcr.s— "Toberr 
mory," "She's My . Daisy," "I Xove 
to be a Sailor," "Saftest of the Fam- 
ily" and "I Love a Las.sle." And 
for encores, "The End of the Road" 
(the song that broke their hearts) ■ 
and "Si;ig a Song," which touched 
and prepared them for the punch . \ 
nOTjt^Jlmax the"bleeding"heart of--^ 
a genius of comedy, singing a song 
and going on to the end of the road. , 

Other, details are repetitions. Same 
Inspired clown and character star, 
same meticulous, costumes, same 
method of operation. The. compara- 
tively Intimate Knickerbocker, a big 
house, but one of the smallest he 
has ever played In this town, gave 
:hlm summary advantages. He was 
In flupei-b voice, and sang "Rocked 
in the Cradle of the. Deep" without 
accomp.animent iii as rich and true 
a bartltonc as has ever been heard 
oufsido grand opera. 

Fi'om tho. looks of tli'- (jpening* 
the -Tttendance, the enthnsl.'ism, th^.. 
genuine and unabashed affection her 
stowed on him, he is more popular 
than ever, und even the fom- weeks 
exp/'riment .should turn unt a money 
.sueer-ss ns -well as a e'linph-i ely .sa- 
•tl'fi.tlng visitation- to thr-atregoers. 
He- .s'land.s alone, and will as ibng as - 
he e.'i 11 stand at all. He niak-s any 
and evirv other .Seo'eh .•tirne.dlnn— 
at le;.i>.l-..look like milky water 

ag.-ii.n.--j j"ir''.^wjh'_'' , ' _ . _,__^w« 
■Tie- lirs't i);irt~Vaan'("vTlTi=~1>iVl. yiTC*' 
hiost T>re('ntions with . whi- "a Wil- 
liam .M'.ri is has e-ver -■ii).!.. .i ,» e.l. his 



ImiuMiii v. . . ' 

N'elli." ..nd Sar-i Konii-: 'ei..-eii in- 
t. i-ini-- - ion Willi a lirilli;jiif -array of 
fliKi:-- -lU'l '-■•111.'--, .still-a n.it <1U0-. 
harm-in-, oi' two so|)r:im.s. .-Lremark- 
.'il.le .-r,M-il.in-if i'ln.. • Tin y. .-^eored tre- 
td'-'-.i' • • ' lally . ^In -'i- most 



j'-rnaining 



on . for follow .ui>. ' I^ii'ider. i-ations rorelv u'o to theatr^ 



VARIETY 



iiTid .all acts' with him are therefore 
. revelations and. first. meetings, 

Novello Brothers, eouBlhs of and 
authorized copy of the Ai-naut 
Brothers/did the famous "Two Lov- 
ing Birds" material of the Arnauts, 
who used io tour with Sir Hai'ry, 
also, Thoy aren't ArhaiitB, but they 
will do very well for those who have 
jiever seen the Arnauts. Very well, 
Indeed: • .■ . , ■ , ■ v 

Great Waiirice,. slelght-of-hand 
• manipu'iMor, adding a Balieff dialoct 
-that helped, or at. least drew adde<l 
lauglis. ran a swlft aiid baftUng suc- 
cession of good if usually conven- 
tional stunts. The. Tuktwas, throe 
Japs, two hicn and. a ■womah-, turned 
difficult twirls aiid balances on high 
perqhes supported on oho shoulder 
of the uhdf^vstander, and^the woman 
executed some of the daintiest. jRls- 
ley ever, revealed, with a. light para- 
sol. Margaret McKoe, excellent 
whistler,, opcneid Intermission, look- 
ing creamv and letting loose some 
exceptional meloay, though, the bed- 
rock of her work is bird Imitations.. 

tn all, even, for those who look 
d,owh on vaudeville in any of its, 
ihanifestations, one of the most 
thrilling and soul-sticring entertain;- 
ments in air this ; burg of Some , 50 
and move legit theatres. Should run 
Its four weeks easily on its own 
power— meaning Lauder, than whom 
no man who ever trod the boards 
throiigh .Til the dusty, musty spar, 
Of civilization, had more power. . 



VAUDEVILLE REVIEW 



V^ednesday, February 1, 1928 



RIVERSIDE 

- ' . (St.. Vaud6) 

• "A nice, n'eat, cotnpact.bill leading 
•tip to- and climaxed by Elsie Janls is. 
a bat-gain for six bits. Monday had 
a- light audience of nothlng-else-to- 
dO drop-ins as is usually present at: 
.the. Rlverisid^ in the^ latter days of! 
poor morale and poor biz. 
. Richard A'intour and Co. followed 
'the customij-r/ cartoon, pain In the 
lieck; A pleaser all the way with 



grace and .sti-'ength. The act closed I 
by' pulllrig a , gasp in sheer brawn • 
and musclCv • ■ ' ■ 
' ' Jdyner aAd Foster, • burnt cork 
comics, romped in easily. These- 
.vaudevilliahs have their onions well 
Ingested. Their diarkyism.s are sure- 
click and they have a well lubricated 
manner of sliding across their stuff. 

Richard Kean prefixed by "Mr." 
brings the rarity of Shakespearean 
diction and sWanU. He looked like.; 
he might be a strain on the nervous 
system whfen -starting with an an- ' 
nouncement that he was about to do 
a series of characterizations and 
opening with a sentimental homily 
lb .verse on an old bachelor. How- 
ever, he won his case, and Ills re- 
Vard by tmloadlng a bag. of clever 
tilstt'ibhlc tricks. Kean has a clas- 
Wc Greek profile and a Barrymore 
•coiffure. • Probiibly the stars des-- 
titled him fbr the stage, for never 
>(7aB .there ati actor who looked the 
part of actor , better, , 
. Thci concluding bit o£ . Peter the 
. ISiser gave Kean a chance, to splash 
around in the gravy, and., he took a 
thorough' Immersion. By' this time 
the audience had gotten over its 
early attitude of resignation and. 
was interested in his personality 
and professional equipment. . Kean, 
while distinctly a visitor in vaude- 
ville, has been remarkably success- 
ful in adapting hlm.self to it. Would 
that some, of the legit immigrants 
were as adjustable to their, environ- 
ment. 

Moore and. Powell doing the major 
part of the "crooning and balloon- 
ing" routine which MOore formerly 
did with Carl Treed (how the ftiaes- 
tro of a jazz band) found .it easy, 
"While dressing and -acting . like 
Freed, comparison necessarily is 
Bpontanoou.s in watching PoAvell. 
Although not. the pantomimlst. 
Freed in his talents in other direc- 
tions equaillze matters and the act 
Is, all things considered, as good 
,as the old one. 

J, Francis Dooley and Corii>n£ 
Sales' were in flive rorhi Their ga'f s, 
new and accumulated, plus their 
IniPectlous r^anner of kibbitzlng 
scored them a ; bulls-eye hit. Their 
.present routine-has more body anc 
continuity than previously, 

Miss Janis offered an assortment 
of her standard imitations.. It would 
be trite to add ;that slie was, liked. 

The dance act. headed by Mile.' 
Andree falls somewhere shy of .real 
clasSi- John Walsh, . vigorous tenor, 
who has not yet learned when to 
gesture and when to refrain from 
:gesture, was. admired for bis voice. 
Mile. Andree and her dancing part- 
ner, Jaimio Del Val, try and fail to 
contribute something new to the 
w, k. Apache, their final number 
and. de.'^r'ite pretentiousness, tlieir 
■ Vecikest; Land. 



lin Batie. . Applause w.'is legitimate 
and the laughs spontaneous, ihe 
Honcv Troupe gave the show a great 
start. Here is one of the hojitost, 
cleanest, most effpctive acts of its 
kind in vaude. Scores appearance 
and routine, with the work of tlie 
hov standing out all- the: -\vay, A 
fliisli class acrobatic .turn; Has im- 
proved noticevLbly . since last seen 
around these parts, ^ 

'•Brevities of 1028" is a Lew Canw 
tor revue, and still retains the doll 
dance as the finish. Depends mainly 
on dancing, witii the boy showing 
to advahtage in his specialty. Bratly 
and AN'ells cleaned up, and then Ar- 
buckle. who was followed by Roscoe 
Ails. Katie Pulnian and band. . 

. Since Ails first produced this turn 
he lias sliaved it considerably, and 
the results are quick and satisfying.. 
Ails doesn't depend . :So anuch on 
chatter as formerly. Turn has a lot 
of dancing talent and. give . the stage 
a dressier atmosphere with its set- 
ting, scenic effects and the sailOr 
costuming. Finale is a dead cer- 
tainty for patriotic response,- with 
an American flag hurrah. Ails aims 
to please, and does. He is ably sup- 
ported by Miss Pullman;' a chap, 
doing Russian and a contortionistic 
femme dancer. , . . 

On tlie screen, "Sailor Izzy Mur- 
phy" (W..B. ): . 

STATE 

(Vaude-Pcts) 

. Quantity, quality and class at the 
State this week, and plenty of each.' 
Numerically, beaucoup dressing; 
rooms in use this week, with the. 
4 Kai-reys, 5 Freshmen,' thr^-e-act, 
single, and ' Anatole Friedland's 
troupe of 18. . . - 

-The first three frolics come under; 
New Acts', although Barr, Mayo and. 
Renn mav have been around before, 
and somehow missed in the files.; 
Zelava, in the fourth groove, is the 
chubby South American, piano! 
playei'. . , , 

Friedland presents his nue club 
revue neatly, although contributing 
little personally. Friedland knows 
how to frame stuff for best effect,- 
and If plugging a song consLstently 
means anything. "Night Club Rose," 
the new Friedland theme song,' 
oughfa click. .- • . . 

Show was typical variety. State 
orchestra strutting the "William 
TeW overture, a departure from the 
111. slides. ■ , 

The bill proper built up to a cli- 
max from opening to closing, also 
featuring; a bit of international 
flavor. . . 

'.We're in the Air" film feature. 

Aheh 



Marion MILLS and Marie GOOPr 

Win 

Memory Songs 
12 Mins.; One 
l?a|ace (St. V.) 

Memory Songs describe this sing- 
ing turn by a couple of very , pleas- 
ant appearing young -women in Co- 
lonial wigs and crinoline gowns. 
Tlie - latter -are rather modern 
through a split in front on. the 

■.skirts. ' ■ ' 

At the Palace No. 2 the ■ girls 
could have stopped the show. For 
some, reason they preferred live 
bows. to . an encore. At one time 
it looked as though this No. 2 turn 
woiild panic the, bill- through that 
non-ehcore. And fiiye bows are sup- 
posed to be over the Balace lim- 
its. But tl.ie Misses- Mills and 
Goodwin are very nice girls and 
there may be a nice , stage mana-ger 
there, too. 

Cultured voices that are unusual 
in vaudeville's harmonizing singers. 
Probably explained by the songs 
the girls . sing, the bid me'lodious 
and popular numbers that demand 
voices. Which makes this har- 
monizing couple; all the more 
marked. 

One is a soprano and the Other 
a mezzo, though possibly more 
.properly light contralto with the 
latter of some dramatic qXiality. 

■ Selections have been made by a 
Vaudeville expert, whoever . did: it,, 
and the girls, are in from the pufr, 
Set, ■ ■ ■ . 

A big score for No. 2., This turn; 
is almost in. a. class, by. itself for 
popularizing the loijig since gradet 
vintage numbers. of the pop variety 

Quite an idea and good for any 
theatre 



GUS C. EDWARDS' BAND (14) 
22 Mins.; Full, . 
Palace, Chicago (St. .V), 

Gus C. Edwards' ildgewater Beach 
Hotel jrchestra had their opening 
vaude engagement "at the Palace, 
The boys have evolved a satlsfaxjr 
tory jfaoAc of pro-sentatibu that 
makes thoir's ono of those stage 
bands that Is not just so much 
music. . ■ . ' ■ ■. ' ■ 

Working in front of a. special 
drop, supposedly the Marine dinning 
room of the Udgewater Beacti hotel, 
they achieve uhiiiue effects, utilizing 
colored spots to pick out various 
duos and trios of pl.'tyers doing their 
specialties. Tuxedos ar«! \ydrh 
thro.ighout. -■. • ; . .:,■.■. 

Comedy is iii jccted by J)oya . don- 
ning outlandish baby costumes. . In 
one number the stage is a black-out 
and the ban joist, with an illumi- 
nated banjo, plays a .solo. Another-, 
black-out follows and the. lights up 
finds the aggregation weaLrlng huge 
baby heads arid dresses. 

Gu.s has perfected a stage band 
that should go well and improye 
with age. A trio handles some sorig.« 
nicelj'. Method of presentation is. at 
variance with most stage bands, and 
a .good bet for va,Ude or picture 
houses. Loop. 



81ST ST. 



ACADEMY 



(Vaude-Pcts) 

ThinKo ai"^' running with more 
. smooth uc'^s at- the ' Academy, SUll 
="givii)g-==H^lH>nty=.of?=-eivLtiiitidujLaj.iJU^ 
-four bits. but. the- bill enables the 
folks t(i see both the. show and the 
film before niidniglit. ' ' - .. 

The knot: wnn tied by Brady ami 
Weil.s ' Til J.s pair .scored (>ne of . the 
■ biggest Ivlt.s Of the how Acaaeiny 
sC'fi!-*on aud were cnlillcd to it, Bip- 
nenH of the house didn't feaze thmn 
a bit; and tlicy were doing an encore 
when it w.'iH high time for the suc- 
ceeding, act to be on. ■" 
. Tli'o licadllner was Fatty Arbuckle, 
Roscoe proved himself no flop as an 
ttntertairier in his. patter with Franlc- 
■»•.... 



(Vaude-Pcts) : ~ 

Good thing for the 81st Street that 
Eddie Nelson was in the line-up, 
Down next to closing, he .Was about 
all the natives had to laugh at. 
Norwood and Hall, No. 4, wer6 in 
distinct from the back of the half 
filled lower floor, besides which they 
had to overcome Abbott's hoke in 
the Abbott- and Bisland act. Bad 
spot for the Norwoods, and their 
quiet delivery. ^ , „ 

Recktor, Chandon and Girlie 
started, with the man . endangering 
any bridge work by letting the . two 
girls pcrroi-m as they hung on straps 
from his teeth. A foot-catch kept 
the male member suspended upside 
down throughout the act. Girls also 
tore off a couple of high kicks, 
all didn't mean too much. . Fair 
enough opener, but in need of a 
better climax to make it stand in 
relief. . . 

Joe Roberts deuced it . with his-, 
banjo strumming, mostly minus or- 
chestra accompaniment. No reason 
for all Of 1(J minutes. Until, he per- 
fects Gcr.shwin's "Rhapsody" he'd do 
better to leave It alone. The usual 
mimicking of two banjos and every- 
thing else as usual. You've got to 
like a banjo an awful lot. 
-1- Abbott -lind-BiSlJmd.,ptit. .some, ac-^ 
tlon into, the show , with their fuH'- 
stagc comedy act. However, the 
former needs to get away frOm the 
burlesque material currently used. 
Table scene and date stuff with 
girl before the drop has been 
wheeled to death, arid, as a matter 
of fact, is still wheeling. So if that 
squares Abbott, it still won't raise' 
him above being just a fair funny 
man, Hiis fiddling sounds good, and 
he might stretch this bit. 

Nelson kidded his way .through. 
When ho came to asking for selee- 
tlons and instrumentf! to be played, 
he fourid out the 81st has probably 
lost much of its former refined 
clientele. The boy.V eA'idence oCbol.'>- 
terous tf-ndencies upstairs led unlo 
Nelson remarking. "What is this, 
tlve ((reeiipoint V" Ivots of applause, 
thougli. . . -. ' . 

Mai-yon Vadie's "Dance Etchings," 
an ali'-girl onsomble, closed with 
"Chc'itinf;- rhoiiter.^" (U) the piciuiv. 



MOORE and LEV/IS (2) 
Singing and .Dancing 
fl Mins.: One. 
Oriental, Chicagbi - •. 

This ne-tv partnbrship haS . a rou 
tine well suited to picture houses, 
and also, adaptable for vaudeville. 
Patti Moore returns to the boards 
after several months absence. Her 
partner, Sammy Lewis, is locally 
well known as a hoofer. 

The pair open xfrlth a special 
little ditty, then s-wlng into some 
coriiic ballroom hoofing, ; At the 
Oriental Miss Mqore pulled a, few 
minutes of dialog -with Paul Ash 
the band -leader, but in other 
houses Lewis probatoly will straight 
for her. The gags are good chough 
to be retained, 

>Lct's forte is , a .duo version of 
the stair dance commonly credited 
to Bill Robinson, . It's a . ; toug:h 
dance for a team to do, , but this 
pair handled it without a miss, for 
a strong closer. 

There's .enough good hoofing in 
the act to sell' it for the blgges 
houses. 



RICHARD and GRAY ' 
Song and Comedy 
12 Minis.; One (Special) 
Broadway (V-P) 

Richard is a ventriloquist With, 
flair for warbling. A little«weak on 
comedy at the begirining, material 
strerigthens towards* thfe close while 
rapid delivery and ability to put 
vocal numbers over through the 
dummy keeps the act running at a 
smooth pace all the way through, 
: The dummy is costumed as a bell 
hop and Richard as the PDom clerk. 
Miss G-ray plays straight as the 
hotel guest, carrying most of the 
bell hop's verbal artillery. 
Okey in the deuce spot. MoH. 



MOSS and FONtANA and Co. 9 (6) 
Ballroom Daincers- . 
3 Mins.; Full Stage (Speci Siet) . 
alace (St. V) 

M.ai*jorle Moss and Georges Fon- 
tana must . draw at the- box. office 
to make good for. their v^udeyille 
salary. That's what ballroorii danc- 
ing .-long since oame to for first: 
class vaudeville. • 

Dancing in nlte clubs charging 
113 ■ or ?4 couvert does riot riiake 
popular "names" among vaudeville i 
goers. It neither goes for 6th or: 
lOtli avenue; there's no' in-betweeris 
and little chance of 10th a-v'eriue: 
falling. 

From the Monday night attend- 
ance, at the Palace, 5th avenue 
didri't fall either, nor Park nor the 
50's, east of 6th avenue. 

Which leaves Moss and Fontana, 
though of established- rep in cer- 
tain circles, not for vaude as di'aw- 
ing bards nor for picture houses, 
over , here, nor for anything com- 
mencing to approach sensational- 
ism or even enthusiasm in their 
stage work. The latter is rnerely 
ballroom dancing, giving Miss .Moss,- 
creilit for her graceful, fllghits and' 
letting it .go at that, unless Mr. 
Fontana wants a. little for handling. 

Arid the Ernie Hecht Club Ml- 
rador Band of six pieces is a total 
loss, made so by the entirely sense- 
less bit of dance stuff done by three; 
of the musicians in the ''Florodora"; 
bit. If that kind o£ low comedy 
goes with the class dance team. Moss' 
and Fontana have been, and as. a 
I^alace featured" act* then Moss and 
Fontana and the band should move 
into a Broadwaj"- musical needing 
laughs'. There are several which 
do. But tliey'woh't move 'with this 
outfit. 



8ESSUE HAYAKAWA and CO. (3) 
"The Man Who Laughed" (Drama- 
tic) 

18 Mins.; Fouir^- (Interior) 
Palace (St. V.) 

Sessue Hayakawa tries out bo> ' 
many playlets for ' vaudeville he's 
entitled to sooner- or. later, if he and \ 
vaudeville stick, to locate one that ' 
will last a while, "The Man Who 
Laughed" can carry him arourid the 
better grade houses left, for this 
Japanese actor, who started in pic- 
tures; over liore, seems to command 
attention. 

If his native co'uijtry! is going 
into the picture producing business, 
Haya-kawa; should go .right, back 
there. ■ There's no reieison why -h© • 
shouldn't be the Dick Barthelmess 
6t Japan. 

iJdgar Allan Woolf authored this ] 
sketch, and with no great effort. It. 
runs off 0,3 though made to order. 
It's about a Jap .poet or artist . 
crossed by an American girl a year 
before in the. Orient, or he thought 
he was when a sea captain grabbed 
his dame by force and took a sail 
ip his canoe, finally reaching the 
Barli)ary .Coast in San Francisco 
with tlie gal,; And t^e Jap came . 
there, saw the . Cap! probably dodged 
the bullet / fired at lilm,' and; found . 
the girl, all within six minutes after . 
the cit.rtatn went up. 

Then it was simple to d6 a. knife- 
throWlng trick against the Cap, who 
had a gvm, •which the Jap thought 
lie hadn't. Not nice .of Mr, Woo*if 
to make the Jap want the advan- 
tage of the knife against no gun, 
and it robs a: bit of Hayakawa's 
sympathy. . That portion should go 
out, - Let the.star say he can take.care 
of iiimself against any . ; gun, -which 
he does anywayJ It's more heroic, 
and this piece may play the 
Orpheum. 

Ilayaka-W^a does neatly and With 
inuch restraint. He lo'ojlts like a 
good actor if given , a - good acting 
cljance; Support, yoii know. Lu- 
cille .Lortel plays the girl. It isn't 
certain when she emotes whether, 
she's sobbing or laughing. Her . 
voice says sob and her face srtys 
laugh. .With Omar Glover as the 
big, bulky sea captain somehow not 
fitting arid no medal for the direc- ^ 
tioti. 

But 'twill do, and good eriougli 
for vaudeville anyhow.- 



SMJTHLY'S JUNGLE LlONS (1) 
Lion Act 

7 Mins.? Full (Special) 
81st St. (V-P) 

Capt. Smithly is a good looking 
chap, billed as the youngest lion 
tamer in . the -sj'orld. He ;has re- 
placed the Delmar lion act in Kelso 
Eros.' "Outside the -Circus" . unit, 
how playing Ifelth -houses. 

smithly uses three maneless lions, 
one of them pretty tough and the 
other two. fairly quiet. His routine 
is regulation cage stuff, including 
head-in-the-mouth and lying down 
with one of the M-G-M trademarks. 

Always. a kick in this sort Of act 
for any audience. Smithley's okey. 



THE OLD GANG (7) 
Songs and. Gags 

20 Mins.; One and Full (Special) 
5th Ave. (V-P) 

Ethel Pastor is the only woman 
witli this new act that has six men 
uniforined as doughboys. Miss Pas- 
tor possesses ai beautiful voice 
whicli .siie knows how to use. With 
the masculine background her voice 
is an extra standout. 

"Old Gang" idea is slmplj' a set- 
ting whereby-theboys'-.arer'shown -in 
front bf a: Y. M. C. A. hut .ove.r,seag 
doing h.annony. Opening has boys 
boarding ship, Finale lias them on' 
the boat en route home.; Men ap- 
parently selected for voice with Al 
Fontaine taking care of a little' 
comedy. Seyeral speciar songs ac- 
ci'cdited to Gitz; Rice and which 
seWe; to .keep the singing awayfroin- 
tiic usual topical -songs. As a whole 
the "did Gang", idea serves its pur-- 
pose.. . 

In addition to Miss Pastor and 
Fontaine, the line-tip includes John 
Whcepje. Frank Irwin, Bradley 
Lane and Emile Stetz. M<trk. 



5 FRESHMEN 
11 Mins.; One 
State -.(V-P).;: 

Youthful male qulriTet that" may 
havie' been aro"urid before und,er an- 
other, billing,! Mention California 
riativlty and the University of 
Southern California is carried in 
the billing. 

It's one of those peppy Vo-db-derO • 
combos doing Jazz pops in futuris- 
tic arrangements, with a touch of. 
hoofing, comiedy and heated cymbal 
tapping a la Harry iBarris of the 
Paul Whiteman BbySi 

Ridiculously small upright piano 
is the sole prop, all grouped around 
it and cutting up in broad fashion 
after a manner which the masses 
have been educated to believe that 
cblleglates make whoopee. 

Satisfactory deucer, fast and 
snappy. AheJ. " 



VARIETY FOUR 
Male Quartet , 
12 Mins,; One (Special) 
58th St. (V-P) 

Four colored boys standing In. 
considerable and urgent need of a 
revision, deletion and- rearrange- 
ment of their' material. Efforts at 
.comedy are especially Weak. 

They dress in. j>triped satin over- 
alls and work in front of a drop 
represienting cotton fields and a 
river boat in trie distarice. Inci- 
dentally .the drop Is nobody's mas-^ . 
terplece. as art. - 

Routine of conventional quartet 
numbers and pop ditties with some 
stepping Incidental but not featured 
or. featurable. 

Act . will have to . improve to 
progress but can probably . find 
plenty Of. employnient- deuring 
around a.< is. 



BIRTHS- 

JTr, -and Mrs, William .A. 'Murphy 
al their home at Jire.advjlle, Pa., 
Jail, 22, dau.t;hter. 

l^fr. and Mrs. William J. Cane at 
their home in Philadelphia, .Tan. 20. 
son. Father is the llio;itre manager. 

Mr. and Mrs. Worthlngton BUlts, 
at the Lylng-In Ilo.spital, Los An- 
geles, Jari. £1, son,.' Mother was pro- 
fessionally known as Ro.salie Cebal- 
loa. 



ALICE LAWLOR 

Songs 

14 Mins.; One 
American Rbof . (V-P) 

i : A^ la. dy^of .,the nlght,_clul)S ,who, 
has done vaudeville before brin.g?; 
bark a personality that is quite un- 
usual. Red hair thrit Is- more than 
just a tint, a hotsy-totsy manrier, 
hlur- eyes. Slio'll be reinomber.ed in 
the' houses she playp. 

Voice Is not over plus on volume 
but niolodlous and pleai<ant, es- 
pocialiy for night club. She naan- 
ago..q' to make unimportant: bTles 
seem smart. Works with man piano 
niaver addreeseil as Mr. Wright. 



BARR, MAYO and RENN 
Skit 

15 Mins.; One 
State (V-P) 

Mixed three-act, with one of the 
men doing sap to the egotistic fop 
■vvho^ corniilains of tlie wvim.en an- 
"ritrvlTfi^^lvinT; f iTiT^iTITurtiTLt&l^ flT^^^ 
and llie conceited straight builds it 
up well to the poiiit where . thf.' 
'•iiiu.c;-"' of tlie trio is smitten with a 
d(:.-^in' to commit mayhem. . 

■Aft.or tliat tlie act gofs .straight 
with- the s/^ip .adjusting his appear- 
ance and finishing neatly with pop 
song h.armony. 

Frank Fay authored the speeial 
ch.'ittcr and it plays well for a No. 
3 groove. Abel. 



BROSIUS and BARTON 
Comedy Cycling 
io Mins.; Full 
American Roof (V-P) 

Brosius, probably of P.rosius and 
J5T'fV\vn, toaniod .with . Joe I'artnn, 

WT^r^^^alf''^Tef^■^^doll^1^^a^ 

Barton is a harelip coinie and okay 
at it, tlie wrinkle of a bicycle rider 
doing; t;ilk being new, or. at. least 
i;u.u.'<ual, Brosius. is. a ' criick rider, 
daring .and sure in his work. . .Tliis 
was apparent even on tiro American 
roof where tlu> .^^malhicss of the 
stage was a handieap. 

With speed and clas.-; ;ind some 

first mte laugh 'stuff tiie act should 

have no difficulty. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



BURLESQUEr-SPORTS 



39 



Canton-Gr. Rapids New 
United Week Stands 



Two new full w6ek- etands have 
been added to the Mutual- Columbia 
combined circuit, Lyceum, Canton, 
b., beeinnlns Feb. 13, and Orpheum', 
Grand Rapids, Feb, 6. Manny 
Rosenthal-hae been, appointed man- 
ager of the Gr. R. house for the cir- 
cuit. 

The Canton . afflllation replaces 
the time assigned to Albany, for- 
merly a half week engagement with 
the other half a jayoff. The show 
•will hereafteii;go from Cleveland to 
Canton and thence to, Akron. "iSare 
Facts" will be the first show to play 
Canton under the hew: provision. 

Grand Rapids fills in ah. open 
week; The first show in there will 
be "Moonlight Maids." The ishows 
will go : from Empress, Chicago,, to 
Grand Rapids to Cadillac. Detroit. 



BAND BOX REVUE 

Comedian J«ck BrlckBon 

Comedian a1 Platlco 

Stralf^ht. . i ,i Clyde Scbaicr 

Prima donna. Anna Propp 

Soubrette.,.. ... ........Ruth Sunny I>arllne 

Ingenue Shelkec 



fMIWlS(PR(HITES 

• VVeeKs of- Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 

Bare Facts— Gayety, Montreal;, 6, 
Gayety, Boston.' . 

Band Box Kf.vue-^Star, Brooklyn; 
6, Trocadero, Philadelphia, 

Banner Burlesquers . . Casino, 
Brooklyn; 6, Casino, Bo.ston, 

Bathing Beauties — Gaiety, Wilkes- 
barre; 6, Star, Brooklyn. 

.iBe Happy— GasinOj, Boston; 6, 
.Empire, Providence. 

Big Revue— Trocadero, Philadel- 
phia; 6, Gayety, Baltimore. 

Bowery Burlesqiiers— Lyric, Day- 
ton; 6-, Empress, Cincinnati. i 

Bright Eyess— Gayety, Washing- 
ton; 6, Academy, Pittsburgh. 

Carrie Finnoll— Empire, Brooklyn; 
6, Columbia, . N. T. C. 

Dimpled Darling — Columbia, N. Y. 
C.; 6,. Lyric, .Newark. 

Follies of Pleasure — Cadillac, De- 
troit; 6, Empire, Toledo. 

French Models — Gayety, : Balti- 
Diore; 6, Gayety, Washington. 

Frivolities of 1928— L. O.; 6-8, L, 
O.; 9-11, Capitol, Albany. 

Ginger Glrhs — 30-31, Geneva; 1-2, 
Oswego; 3-4, . SQhenectady; 6-8, 
Colonial, Utica:; 9-11, L. O. 

Girls from Happyland— Empress, 
Cincinnati; 6, Gayety, Louisville. 

Girls from the Follies — Garrick, 
St. Louis; 6, Gayety, Kansas City. 

Girls of U. S. A.— -Gayety, Omaha; 
Garrick, Des' Moines. 

Happy Hours — 30-1, Colonial, 
.Utica; 2'-4,. Capitol, Albany; .6, Gay- 
ety, Montreal. 

Hello Paree — ^Empire, Providence; 
Plaza, Worcester. ° . 

High Flyers--— Gayety, Milwaukee; 
8, Empress,. Chicago. 

High Life-7-Gayety, Rochester; 6, 
Geneva; 7, Oswego; 8-li, Schenec- 
tady. 

Hollywood Scai}dal!3 — ; Gayety, 
KahsjLS City; 6, Gayety, Omaha. 

Kandy Kids— Empire, Toledo; 6, 
Columbia, Cleveland. 

Jaz^tlme Revue-^Gayety,' Brook- 
lyn; 6, Hudson, Union City. " 

Lid Lifters-^H & S 125th St., N. 
. T. C; 6, Gayety, Brooklyn. 
. Moonlight Maids — Empress, Chi- 
cago; 6, L, d. 

Merry Whirl — Howard, Boston; 6, 
H & S 125th St., N. T. C, 

.Naughty Nifties- L. O;; .6, Cadil 
lac, Detroit. 

Nite Hawks — Grand; Akron; 6, 
Crayety, Buffalo. 

Nite Life in Paris — Hudson, Union 
City; 6, Orpheum, Paterson. 

Nothing but Girls — State, Spring- 
field ; 6, Howard, Boston. 

Parisian Flappers— Gayety, Mln 
noapolis; 6, Gayety, Milwaukee. 

Pretty Babies — Gayety, Boston; 6, 
i3mpire, Brooklyn! 

Record Breaker.s — Gayety, Louis- 
ville; 6, Mutual, Indianapolis. 

Red Hots — ^Gayety, Buffalo; 6, 
Gayety, Rochester. 

Saratoga Chips— Plaza, Worces 
ter; 6, State, Springfield. 

Social Maids— Gayety, Toronto; 6 
- Gayety,- Rochester.— - — - - — 

Speed Girls— Gaiety, Scranton; 6 
Gaiety, Wllkes-Barre. 

Snyder; Bozo— Lyric, Newark; 6 
Casino, Brooklyn. 

Step Lively Girls — Columbia 
Cleveland; 6, Grand, Akron. 

Stolen. Sweets — Mutual, Indianap- 
olis; 6, Garrick, St. Louis. . 

Sugar Babies — Garrick, Des 
Molnps; 6, Gayety, Minneapolis. 

Tempters — :Orphe:um, Patorson; 
Gaiety, .Scranton. 



Looking over this one at the Co- 
lumbia on. a Friday. night Indicated 
that outside of the three featured 
players no one on the stage cared 
vei'y much what was going on. A 
pretty good sized house caught the 
morale ¥ind wouldn't budge except 
for the 12 runway girls and Harry 
Webb's orchestra in the second half. 

Frank Climmings' show and on 
production not so; bad. But it needs 
a marionette manipulator to make 
some of the cast move around. 
Ruth Sunny Darling contributed her 
share of wiggles without zest and 
seemed just as well pleased that 
there wasn't even excuse enough for 
thos6 like-it-or-not-yQU-gct-itrjust- 
the-same encores. Miss Darling, a 
blonde, seems a pretty fair soubret, 
but kept it a secret this night. 

Diminutive Anna Propp gets top 
billing to lead rtumbers, a saxo- 
phone octette and dance a little. 
Fair display of energy by this girl 
but , at no time threatening to 
smother the other players. 

Sheikee is the brunct, coochei; who 
started the body weaving in an eai-ly 
unveiling number but never gave 
the boys high blood, pressure after 
it.- . 

Jack Erick.son and Al Flatico 
worked hard for what they got, the 
former doing Dutch and the latter- 
wop. Flatico started from the audi 
ence a.s a plant making a bum out 
of a stage , announcer by. having all 
the answers. Neither comic has an 
outstanding, individual comedy scene, 
the top laugh episode being a com 
blnation of the two in a kid on "The 
Hairjr Ape" dui-ing which the catch 
line was "To hell with 'em." This 
had the boys stoking a ship to 
finally wind up in a mutiny against 
the mate whom they toss into the 
boiler. 

A: satire on "White Cargo'- was 
a:s weakly played as written, al- 
though the conilcs got something 
out of a carnival liquor stand during 
which the pitcher of water changes 
color to fool the sheriff. ,Thii3 was 
handicapped by Erickson previously 
selling booze at a wheel chair. The 
love potion thing and a prison bit 
by the two comics clicked mod 
erately. 

Productionally the show is using 
a forest set for the first act finish 
and repeating It for the 10:46 finale 
Incidentally, the saxophone thing 
also gets a double showing. Isabeile 
Van got some action from the out 
fronters by. nicely leading the run- 
way numbers. 

But the smash of the- evening. was 
Harry Webb's band ..of 11. A lyric 
by a girl drifted into a memory 
thing which darkened the lights and 
then brought them up with the 
musicians as a hick village outfit 
An . applause building finish, plus a 
whirlwind Charleston by "a lean, and 
lanky youth had , them whistling 
from up top, but Webb begged off. 

It made It tough for the show to 
follow although the unit undoubt 
edly needed this added feature. 

Romo Falk gets program credit 
for the music in the show and Teddy 
Russell the dances. Maybe it's too 
late in the season for the troupe to 
be overboard on ambition. At least 
that's an alibi. "Band Box Revue' 
didn't look like much of a show the 
night it was viewed but probably Is 
better than It played at this per- 
formance. Somebody Is entitled to 
a couple of squawks if It Isn't. Bid. 



BATHING BEAUTIES 

Knot So .Good CliarleS Tuy e 

JuUus Haaoen ;.. Murray WoU'h 

Jap Fllip. ..Tommy Mor-.itt. 

Jack Wise.... Miiok .Wlilte 

Ml3s Uolly]wood, Evelyn Murrii> 

Mlse Manbatian i , Anna Ijiinti 

iiiea Atlantic City. ...JSrln Jackson 



Schenectady's Censoring 

Schenectady, N; T., Jan, 31, 
Police censorship- over all shows 
here will be in. effect, as the result 
■of a. petition by the Woman's Club 
and the. Schenectady and. Vicinity 
Ministerial A.ssociation to cIo.se bur 
lesque as pre.s^nted at the Wedge 
way theatre. 

Burlesque has been unusually 
Buccessful here this year, playini; 
"d ay^r""^"^*""^"""""^"""—-^" 



From Wheel to Stock 
Cleo, Oriental dancer who ha 
been a feaJUre with Mutual shows 
this season, ope«/ed a four-week en 
gagemont as added atti'action at 
Minsky'fi Apollo, Harlem, N*w Tork 
(■stock). 



Loses Back Salary Suit; 
Test Case for 2 Casts 

Milwaukee, Jan. 31. 
Members of the "Snippy Doodle" 
and "Crackerjack Revue," whio held 
hopes . of collecting back- salaries 
claimed due as a result of the shows 
going bust on tour through the tank 
towns last sumrher, had those hopes 
squelched in civil court here. 
~ 'W. ii. Beffd^f^^^^^^^ 
brought suit against Joseph and 
Elsie Prusckha, owners of the two 
tabs, claiming that while on tour 
he . was told by Prusckha thja.t he 
must sign a waiyer, accepting (2 i 
day Instead of the $25 he had con 
tracted for. If he didn't sign, Ben- 
der told the court, Prushka In- 
formed him he could walk back to 
Milwaukee. Bender claimed $104 in 
back salary. The court held that 
since Bender had signed, he could 
not how ask for back, salary. 

Other members of the troupes 
lined the courtroom. Had Bender 
won they would have filed similar 
suits. Pi-uschka is npw running 
tab in a neighborhood house. 



June Rhodes Out 

June Rhodes, featured fem of 
"High Tafe," was compelled to with 
draw for the second time laist we"k 
beo.Tu.so of illno.s.s. She may not re 
t^Fh7 ""^hnahdvi'Sl uiiy^lB^^^^ 
dling hf^v assignment. 



Dramatic Stock, Cleveland? 

Cleveland, Jan. 31, 
Columbia here, former major 
wheel burlesciuc hyuso, may try dra- 
matic stock under S. W. Mann- 
hf in;'s dir*:''tlon. 



Rube Bernstein's organization 
secnus to have been under sonic 
sort of revision lately, for show i.s. 
spotty^ as though It had not yet 
been worked in by playing. Cos-- 
tumes have seen service, but set- 
tings are brand new from appear- 
ance. 

Speed is , the , principal foatur(i. 
The performance is. an unbrokcii 
succession of incidents and tlu' 
average for the class cf oftornig is 
fair to very good. Fair goes for 
the chorus and for the comedy, 
while "good" scarcely does justice 
to Erin, .Jackson, a, trouper of in- 
telligence with a shape made to 
ordei', for, burlesque and abiindahi 
knoyirledge of how to use it. V At 
the Columbia they, are still fairly 
discreet in their hip- ^yaving and 
sex appeal, but this priina meas- 
ured out her portiohs of undres.'j 
and hotsy-totsy maneuvers with a 
generous hand. 

In the sex 'appeal direction she 
Is emphatically theie, aTid in addi- 
tion ,can handle talking bits and 
ballads. She had a , dressing room 
scene with Anna Lang and Tommy 
Morari that had some nice laughs 
built on double meanings in her 
gags, and later on did extremely 
well with a ' specialty mainly - pf 
ballads with semi -dramatic recita- 
tion. Usyally this interlude would 
be a blank by a prinia donna, but 
she makes it ,cotint, 

A capable assistant is Evelyn 
Murray, peppy girl of good flgiu'c 
and. Jaunty manner. She al-so can 
sing, and where the show is per- 
mitted to spice things up she Iboks 
like a winner. The runway girls 
remain . under the; leadership, of 
Miss Van, an asset to the house and 
the visiting show. 

Charles Taye, principal comic, 
does "Dutch" to the Hebe of his 
assistant, Murray Welch, a com- 
bination that Is almost fool-proof 
Here It works out well enough. The 
book is a compromise between the 
old "number-and-bit" scheme and 
the newer technique of blackouts 
Taye falls into the common error 
is handling his blackouts. They're 
the same as «verybody else is doing. 
If burlesque- is going to' go In 
heavily for these bits, why not make 
sOme hew ones? Tiaye does, the 
"So that's baby" thing with a lot 
of elaboration, making about the 
eighth on the wheel with that idea, 
Welch l8 a first-rate feeder and 
handles a dance specialty cai^ably, 
getting more out of the sepond 
comic assignment than usually 
happens. For this perhaps his 
dialect .may account In part.. 

Tommy Moran Is a big and good - 
looking' straight, an , Ideal type for 
building up comedy for dialect 
workers, while Mack White is a 
singing utility man who niakes his 
presence count in several solo sing- 
ing bits, besides doing those, build- 
Ing-up parts. 

Production, has a number of good 
Ideas. Finale of the first part is 
a straight-away dancing ensemble 
that gets a world of action into the 
stage picture lA spite of indifferent 
work by the chorus — as careless a 
lot as has been seen lately. The 
show finale Is an arrangement a 
little out of the ordinary. It shows 
a bathing beach and boardwalk 
with a line of bathing houses In the 
background. . 

Miss Jackson enters fully clothed 
during an ensemble; and after some 
talk goes Into one of the bath 
houses for a disrobing bit that is 
plenty warm, even as done In mod- 
eration at the Columbia. Ru9h. 



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FLOWERS GETS DRAW 
WITH LOPE TENORIO 



Brovyn Skinned Boys Battle 
Fiercely— Joey Sangor 
Beats Dorfman 



Profit Sharing Race Bill 
For New York Fairs 



Albany, X. • Y.; J:an.:,31'. 
Promoters of- hor.so. ' raoin.g • at 
couiuy fairs would be ptM'mlttod to 
issue. shares in prolVt corli.lloatcs, or 
preniiuiiis on hioin;;- .coht.e.sts, imdor 
the terms of a bill to. bo considered 
by the Legi.slatui'o. Tlio lucasure i.s> 
pattorneii largely oi\ tlir> la w.-s now 
govorning races in Maryland, . Ken- 
tucky '.and otlior statc.'^. 

Its sponsors s.ay that ' tlifc' bill 
would enoounipe a revival in inter- 
est in the brooding ajul training of 
hai'nops horses by farmers and 
others, and , would be of financial as- 
sistance to fair assooiatlon.^ which 
have'boen. losing money since trot- 
ting events lost popularity. For 
this reason they, say the legislation 
■will i-eceivo the support of many 
fair organizations. 

The bill only ' afl'cots racing at 
tracks -o.whed by . agricultural so- 
cieties .or associations operating 
under the membership laws. It Is 
understood that the Jockey Club, 
whose members are influential In 
both the Republican- and Democratic 
parties, will - oppose the bill, be- 
lieving it to be the opening wedge 
in a movement to Introduce the 
profit sharing plan at all the tracks 
in the state. ; 



Second Detroit Stock 

For Irons & damage 

Detroit, Jan. 31. 

The Ir.6ns-Clamage-Rothsteln Op- 
erating Co. has leased the Palace 
ff o^m^'C. W";' MunzvT'to in^ 
burlesque. This will give the Chi- 
cago combination two such theatres 
in Detroit, -with the Avenue already 
in the fold. 

Art Moeller, formerly part oper- 
ator of the Stat and Garter, Chi- 
cago, and more recently, franchise 
holder on the Columbia wheel -with 
"Mutt and Jeff," will manage the 
Palace and represent Irons & Clam- 
age here. T^e new lessees will be- 
gin operation Feb; 6, 

Company will Include 11 princi- 
pals and 24 girls.. Principals en- 
gaged are Charles Country, JsLck 
Montague, Mat Ellison, Jimmy Wal- 
ters, Sid Gold, William Greehmian, 
Mildred Franklyn, Buddy LaVorce, 
Viola Spaeth, Mary Todd and Dolly 
Davics, Ray MiOgeley will produce. 
, Palace Is Installing a, runway. 



STRAND, TORONTO, SOLD 

._=^^^==_-/^-^_^^Tor.oji:tQ,.-jIan^^ 
The Strand, former home of Mu- 
tual burlesque, wa.s sold for ^450,000 
Feb. 2. It will likely, be torn down 
to make way for an office. building. 
It seat,^ 1,900 and has been lark 
more than a year, S, Z. Poll starved 
his wax works on this site. It was 
lewned hy Holy Trinity Church. 



Dramatic Stock in Casino 

. Philadelphia, Jan. 31. 

Casino, for years the home of bur- 
lesque here and lately devoted to 
the Columbia wheel, last night be 
came a dramatic stock hou.se. 

Opening was "Rain." 

J. Leventhal operates. 

The company includes Mary 
Louise Walker,, leading woman ; 
Emma Wilson, Santos Ortega, Edith 
Phillips, Herbert. Pratt, Ackland 
Powell, Gordon Hicks, Wilbur 
Brauh, Thomas Magrane,, Margaret 
Dillon, William Brenton iind Blain 
McKendry. 



Cast Changes 

Babe Abott has succeeded Lo 
retta Dore with. "Jazztlme Revue, 
having joined the ; company at the 
Gayety; Brooklyn, this week. 

Burlesque engagements listed vio 
the i. .N. Weber oIHccb send Itay- 
mond Mldgley as stage director of 
the Palace, Detroit;. Mary Todd 
joins the same company as prima 
donna Feb. 6; Harry Kelly, char- 
acter straight, with the Haymarket 
company, Chicago; Carmen Guitry, 
Oriental and acrobatic dancer, at the 
State Congi-ess theatre, Chicago, 
opening Feb. 6; Monfred and Lang,, 
specialty team, with AI , Singer's, 
"Merry Whlr.1" (Mutual). 

MARRIAGES 

BUy Ney, concert pianist, to Paul 
Allais, non-pro, of Chicago, Jan. 
27, at Los Angeles. 

Madge Bellamy to Logan Metcalf, 
Los Angeles bond broker, in Tla 
Juana. 

Edna May Oliver ("Show Boat") 
to David Welford Pratt, Newark, 
N. J., broker residing in New York, 
at .the New .York MunlcipaJ^^J^^^ 
Ing. ; r 

Mile. Maurice Mozette, inusic 
teacher c^nd once coach -of the Chi- 
cago Opera Co., to Frederick Loth- 
rop Ames, Jr., wealthy Bostonlan. 
In Tucson, Ariz. 

DOrls Cooper Cliffe. and Jerome 
H. Wallace, botli. of "Vagabond 
King," in Washington, D. C, Jan. 
26. Bride is the daughter of H. 
Cobper Cliffe, Engli.sh actor. 

Eddie, FroOman (actor), and Mar- 
garet Goodlad (non-pro.), both of 
New York city, have made applica- 
tion for a marriage llren.se atGroen- 
wich, (L'onn. * . 

Maurinc Mozette, singer, to Fred- 
erick La throp Ames of Bo.ston (non- 
pro), Jan. 26,, at Tucson, Ariz,, 

BOBBY JONES' '^CRACK'* 

Atlanta, Ca., Jan. 31; 
Bobl)y Jonen turned this loose the 
other day: ■ 

""TFT-irTi'acriuSt^lreOT" el*^^^^ 
board of directors of a Wg local biank 
and w.'iB given the $10 which all di- 
rectorfj are paid for attending a 
meeting of the board. In accepting 
Bob cracked: 

•fonder how, this will afr».'ct my 
amatuer standing. 



By JACK PULASKI 

Tho fJarden hung up an oxoelleht 
bo.xiiig oa id of little nien last Fri- 
day -with the top at; $7.70.. 'Three of - 
the 10-roundei;s were ail real bat- 
tles and worth .Avatehin.i!:, 
, Interest : centered, in the debut of .. 
lA-'pe Tonorio, highly touted Philip- 
pino, -svho was sent again.st Bruce 
I'^lower.s, frt.st colored boy from New 
Robhollo. At times the^ fans wcrc: 
buzzins; with excitement for this 
.Manilla person can sock. . The odds 
were .seven to live On Flowers but 
the prioe was backed down to fevens. 
The (looision of 'a draw woii no lit- 
tle share : of raspberries. Plenty at 
ringside aiid giillery though Bruce 
won ihe light. . ., 

Flowers was better at infighting, 
hit faster, - more accuratjely and 
niore often, , ., During , the later 
rounds, he hit Lope, with everything 
and plooic up the man from far, 
away. There were times, however, 
that it looked dangerous for Bruce. 
In the fourth round, he caught one 
on the button, spun half way 
around and touched 'his gloves to 
the resin. It counted as a knock- 
down. A left hook did. the damage 
more than once. 

Tenorlo tried his best to .land 
with his right, with which he won 
a rep. But, nearly always It went 
around Br uce's neck, Clever light- 
weight this Flowers, and too smart 
to . be caught with such round- 
house blows. Lope has had eight 
fights. since coming to this land.. He 
won all except last week's encounter 
and that counts as a win really, he- 
cau.se it looked as though he l«Ji^ 
the match. , He beat Joe <3rllck and 
he copped from Loyaza,, the flgbt 
being stopped, meaning a technical 
knock-out. But T^norlo Is wild and 
has plenty to learn. Anyone ■ b* 
hits will know It nevertheless. Title 
material, both boys. 

Sangor Convinces 
The .seml-flnal introduced Joey 
Sangor, socking featherweight from 
Milwaukee, who beat Sammy Dorf- 
man of the East Side. SangOr la 
the kid who twice is credited -with 
defeating Bud Taylor, the, sensa- 
tional Chicago boy. After watch- 
ing him pop Dorfman around tb« 
ring there could be nO doubt about 
hl.s prowess. Joey • can, hit with 
both mits and . does. Sammy's 
dancing tactics meaiit nothing to 
him and It looked for a time aa 
though the New Yorker was go- 
ing to go out. 

The coolness with which thlii 
Sangor boy fights seemed a reVelai-. 
tJon. The pace was -very fast most 
of the way. Yet, in his corner Joey 
sat. there as cool as ice. He never 
puffed and at, the finish -was as, 
fresh as at the start. That's con- 
dition. 

The other fast boijt was fought 
by Archie Bell,' winner, over Vlo 
Burrpne, rugged blonde from Green- 
wich Village. It was an uphill bat- 
tle for Bell who was . dropped for 
a count In the first fbund: His ex<^ 
hibltlon of nerjve was admlrabite?- 
Not only did Arishle takfe 1ft but he 
gave, and plenty. He had Burrpne 
grogged up more than once and won 
the fans by his courage display. It 
was a case of the fighting 'heart oUt- 
socklng a mauler. The boys fought 
clean. and._broka by theirt^^ the 
referee never having fo part them; 



Vic McLaughlin Cleared 

Vlo McLaughlin, former middle-, 
weight pugilist, 801 West B6th 
Street, appearing In "Spring 8100,** 
was exonerated on a charge of 
homicide when arraigned before 
Magistrate Corrlgan , in Homicide 
Court. 

McTjaughlih was arrested follow- 
ing the death of Michael Dunphy, 
3B, 60 West 93rd street, bartender 
at 302 West 63rd street. It was 
charged the fighter had strucHT 
Dunphy over the head with a bot- 
tle. 

Chief Medical Examiner ;-N orris 
testinod that the autopsy Indicated 
Dunphy had died of ethel poison- 
in'R. McLaughlin, admitted he had 
had a quarrel with the, bartender 
and .said he struck him with his 
::flst..^^.,_^,^^^_^^ „ 

After W aglstrate Corflgan "heard 
all the fact.s he di.smlssod the case. 



Helen Storey and Virginia Mo- 
rena h.ave di.s.solved as a vaude 
tc;j.m. Mi.ss Kforey will resume her 



40 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PRESENTATIONS— BILLS 

THIS WEEK (January 30) 
NEXT WEEK (February 6) 



■ Showvs - cn-ryiiiff numonils such . as (29). or (30.) indlcato oponlnpf tUlK 
wee;k on yunUay or Mnnclay, a»< date may bo. For jicxit week; (o) or (.6) 
with -.split weeks also inclicated. by dates. . 

An asterisk (*^) before nhme sigrlfies act is new to city, doing a new. 
turn, reappearing after absence or appenrtng for first time. 

' . Pictures InoludG In classification picture policy with vaudeville or- 
prQ.'scntatipn as adjunct. :- . ' .. 



PARIS 

Week of Januaiy 30. 



A|>(»IIo 

iJlac.iunu.n : 
Manrlcc RoRot . 
.4 Hl.tl! •. 
Miss Moi'K-.any. .. 
T.rucliGt • 
TvoVin.c I..eJu6 
Frank- T.ihl' ; 
.Marthy f'linndon : 
Ii06 O Urnny 

CIriiuo n'lliver 

J do' .Tohphc J.r 
. Miss Morpany ■ 
.Qhar.li-y. .I>lo>;<l ... 

Ijacora 

Hos, .Top & ' Walter 
Miss Fifiily U'eild 
. Saclvrort .T : 
Rene's -Dogs 
..TassI Toscaria 
. Slheel'.«: Co 
. Andreu - 3 

Cirque <1e Farlq 

■Peplhols bogs 

-.Elliot is . 
Marees Tr- 

■ . Aritohet..^ Biby 
- . N Ranoy 
Mylos & ,Goco 
Molocyclotle .. - 

■ ■ ' . Kiiipiro - 

■Harry. Jackson 
• Peter I.iaw"lcr .. 
KarlnsUa •& :Rllier 
Fred Sylvester 
Alice 'Tjoe 



Cari)ipn Valoncla' 
Court II iilt 
Gprni.Tiih Aer'o.a 
liod(.'llft .Rultz 
Arilx 

Lihtrlon Si.s' 
Vigo-Tlpnis' Dogs 
Sriitni^-Scamp. . 
•Bnrkley 

Mt'dnino 

Marlhp Crusia 
r<iong 'J'se- 
nally 2 
Glasncr' 
l^nrtlcy Tr ■ 
CalrollTl'orto 
Ralnata 
Diirlo-Barlo - 
.Martha, la Corse 
A p Rpb.biris 
Iiuxor . 
Rp In se ll 3 . 
Gilbert Tr 

•Qlymp.lrt 



BuiTailo (28) 

Blue i'latf Rev . 
"Ile'en of Troy" . 

. Cr«'nt Lnkcs (2D) 
rt'yni'nd ITaRan -Bd- 
."T.lir>\ Jazz H.lnsPr" 

T4ifiiyt'tle (20) ' 

Schwab -& nipgins 
Jack MciCloSUcy . 
Lady Taeii Mel 
Foley & Massino • 
Gene Green 
P- .Spitalny .Orcli -. 
"The Nboae" . 

CT.KVBtAND, O. 

Allen (28) 

■ Ormonde Sis. 
nerkoff Dancers - 
Louis Fr'da .Berk'fC 
Don Vpcal -4 
"The Noo.sc" 

• (6) 
Way Out. West ■ 
::T.he Dove" . 



T-vonne dreorgo ■ 
Berval 

Harold .& Jjola 
Schroeders: 
NOr-Ber-Tys 
AVin(l5or Tr 
Miss, Ca-stle -' 
Sandbro ' ' 
Lily May 
Vr.rla Laska . 
Bcaneato 
Mug' Rcmono . 
Boldlvera Tr ■ 
Staykoft-Platonoff 



I*ttrk (28) - . 

Angelo Vltale Bd. 
Roy Srtieck ' . 
Murray Sis . ^. 
Baxter & Franks 
Otia (jolllns . 
Betoe Barrl's Oirls 
■Xion After Mldnlte' 



Sunklat Benuties ., 
"Man- Crazy" 

Curtliny Circle 

(Indpf) ■. 
.Carll ; Elinor Qrch 
Tiaughlln'a Co • 
The <5iori{la. . ' . . ~ 
The. Cnllfbrnlans 
John. F'r'dTU'k & M 
■Neta Lorraine 
Bort Prival 
Marlon Gabnoy . 
David JJurant 
Aber & Clark 
Don Thrnllkin 
Leonard St Leo 
Kosloff's Bal 
"Sunrise" .. . 

Clilnese ■ 

(indef)' ■■• 
Prologue 

Poodles Hannaford 
Popltb ■ , . . 
Samai-off & Spnla 
E & J Rooncy 
Three Frfeehahds 
Sla-ynian.'a All Co . 
i-'auen oerg's .. Jjcar^ 
"The Circus" ; 

Egyptiun (27) . 

Georgia- Stoll 
. Benny Rubin ' 
Perry Oliver 
Wallace & Sanha 
'.'My. Boat Girl" 



Picture Theatres 



NEW YORK CITY 
Capitol (28) 

Jiji.^ Maxwell . 
'■Jljloyd. Brlce 
BUIy Taylor 
Fain & Dunn 
Chester Hale Olrls 
."Student: Prince/*. 

Paramount (28) 

Ada Kaufman Girls 
• Rae Eleanor Ball 
Bern Ice & Emily 
Darothy .Neville 
Ojeda & Imbert 
Harry Burns 
Tony D?' Luca 
Bernicc -& Emily 
"Old Ironsides" . 
(4).-. 

- Sophie Tucker Co 
.. Bert Tucketf 
. Lou Kosloff 
Tlvoll Girls 
"Her Wild Oat" 

Riiilio (28) 
' Miriatn Lax 
Paul Renfeld 
Alice Booth 
"Last command" 

Rivoll (28) 
IjUy Miirr 
Geprigcs bufranne- 
Simeon Jurist 
•G'trm'n Pr Bl'd's" 

Uoxy (28) 
Lllll;in Ln Tonge 
Ann". Fleming 
. kuth Porter 



Oriental (30) 
Paul Aah Bd 
XJnder the !• 
Lew Brlce. 
Babe' Carter 
Darling 2 
Ginger Rogers 
"Whip Woman" 

Rlulto (6) 

Tom-'Wlilt 
Kennedy & Davies 

S«nate (30) 
Mark Fisher, lid 
Gould Dancers 
Johns & Maboly 
Prosper & Marfet 
Margtt HegedUs 
Billy Adams 
"Gorilla" 

Sheridan (6) ,, 

Verne Buck Bd 
Maxine Hamilton' 
West Lake & H 
TlvoU (30) 

•Bonnie Krueger Bd I 
Clark & McC Hough ' 
Roy Cropper 
Runaway 4 
"..Gorilla" 

Uptown (30) 

F Masters Bd 
Marching. On 
Rudy Wledoeft 
"Love Mart" .-. 

ATLANTA, GA. 

Howard (4) 

PubliX Unit 



The Four Symphonisls 

["MOMENTS MUSICALS" 

iROnT. NALLE THOMPSON, VlQliulst 
LRIGHTOX COOK, Soprftno-Piiinistc 
JEANNE ANGELO . ; . 'Cellist 
NELLE LOWREV, Soprano-Plnnlste 
I All arrangements by X/efgiiton Cook 
Now Playing 

GRAND, LIBERTY. SCHENLEY 
THEATR]^ 
[STANLEY COMPANY OF AAIERIOA 
Under Exclusive DlrecUon of 

ALF T. WILTON 

Inc. 

1 1560 Broadway Bryant 2027-8 



Fuy'B (28) 
Bornodliio D'G raves 
Jria Greene 
Harris & Vaughn. 
Cook-ilbrttmpr & H 
'Saljy In Our Allc-y' 

Fox'8 (28) 

Mul-lcl La Fraijice ' 
Dolph-.Pliite Bal 
Miio ^\^vnn 
I'arlslonne Redh'ds. 
Fleo.som .& Folsom 
"Sharp ..Shooters" 

Stanley. (28) 
Cath Htllefleld , . 



*M.'n W'm'n & Sin" 
PAN ANTONIO 
TcxaB (4) 

Publlx Unit 
Dixieland. 
Joo I'on'npr 
Edith Grimth 
Luolla Lrc 
Morris ft Rapp 
8.\N FltANt'ISCO 
California (27) 

GIno Sevorl Bd 
"Last CoiniHahd" 

Granada (28) 
Owen Sweeten Bd 



EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNED 
GARMENTS FOR GENTLEMEN 



BEN ROCK 



1632 B'way, at 50th . St., N. Y. City 




Fanla Davldaon 
"Sorrell & Son" 

PITTSBURGH, PA. 

Grand (28) 
Rehan & Faye 
6, Shpldon Girls 
ArinPopove- 
'Sh.ephord of Hills' 

Penn (30) 

Banjonjaiila 
Margaret Ba.ll 
Eddie Hill 
Morgan & Stone' 
Byron. Sis 
Mills & Shea : 
-The-mpabn-Sis- 



ROUTED 
SCOTT BROS. & VENOW 

LOEW CIRCUIT 
THANKS TO 
J, H. Lubin and Marvin Schenck 

Direction 
.ioo— TxEDDY & SMITH— Ed 
•isa west 47th St. Suite 001 



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Maria Gambarelli 
• Nicholas Daks . 
Harold Yn h Duzee 
-Nicholas Kovafck 
"13 wash Sfi." 

<)iriC.\GO, ILL 

. Aval4>n («) 

. Roy -]jetri-.h.- Bd , 
Sails &• Claire 
J'zz Lips R'ch'dsori 
Vita phone , 

CapKbl (0). 
Al Short Bd 
Bath Bros 
lienard & West 
Vltaphono - ' . ' 

aUcoffo (30) 
H L Siiltalhy Bd 
Jules BuiTiino 
. Bainbo'ws. . 
.^^paii Sabreur"' , 

Granada (6) 

Benny .Jleroff Bd 
.emlth & AUonian 
pepiioa & Cartliay 

IDirdliifi; (30^) 

^""Sl'TsMasc'TrTra""^"" 
Jazz JinglPO. 
Helen Kenivcdy' 
•euhKliaipi; Boyb- 
Billy Rolls 
Gould Dnncers 
."Ben-Hur" 

Murbro.(6) 
.Cbas Kftlcy Bd 

Norshoro (»•) 
Al Kvale Bd 
•^Bpotlig-htV 



Making Movies 

BALTIMORE, MI). 

Century. ~ 
S.amniy Kahn .. 
Lang & Volk 
Kendall Cappa 
11. lily: Hall.;' 
Mobney & Ch.urchlU. 
Jack Powell 
Hilda -Ram'.ibn- ■ 
Sorel Glrla 
"Weal Point'! 

New (28) 

Gold Dust 2 
"Cohens & KoUys" 

Rivoll (28) 
Victor Herbert 
"Serenade" 

Stanley (28) 

T>eon Navara 
Smith & Hrtdley 
Charles Jolley - 
ElaaStralla 
Srorova -Girls 
"Helen bl Troy" 

" BGliTbNrM'VSS^^ 
MotroiwUtan (28) 

H/irry. Rose ' 
Mario Mactjuarrle 
Laurette. IjOO 
Martha Vaughari 
(3eno Rodemlch Co 
'G'tl'n .;t"r. Blondes' 

State (6) 
Natacha Natov» 
Monlft GIfford 
"WeMt - Point" 



DALLAS, TEX. 

. Palace (4) ' 

Publlx Unit 
Florida 
Billy Gerber 
Cheater Frederick. 

DENVER, COL. 
Denver (4) 
Publlx Unit 
Shadbwiand . - 
Pauline Alport . 
Roy Rogers 
Stella Ypwer's 
Cross & Levlne 
Foster Girls 

DES MOINES. lA 
Capitol (4) 

Publlx Unit 
Steppln' High 
Klkutba Japs '•' 
A & L Carr 
Lew Fink 
Ross fi; Gilbert 
John LaVallP 
Hlnc8.& Leonard 

DETROIT. MICU 

Capitol (28) . 

Baycs & Specht 
Earl La Vftre 
Mrytle Gordon 
J & K Spangler 
"Quality Street' 

Michigan (28) 

Del Delbridge : 
Chas Bennington 
Carlo & Norma : 
Mary Fabian 
.'SV'aUer-Smtth... .1: 
The Stantbns 
'Shepherds of Hills' 

EV'N.SVILLE, IND. 

- Victory 

. .2d half (O-nV .. 
Personality G.lrl.i'. 
Eilwards & Siinfoird 
Dancing Arouiid ,' 
Worth twilling • 
Flying LaMai'a 

FT. WORTH, TEX, 
Worth (4) 

PubliX Unit 
Di\Ticing Brides 
J <fr J Walton 
D & E Barslo 
Dancing Parson. 

HOrSTON, iEX, 
Mctroitolttan (t) 

Publlx Unit 
Dancb Capvlcb 
Cy Landry . 
Flora, -irofrmnn 
Rii.«iph Glrla 
Crandall & Morley 

KANS. CITY. i«6 

- . - jjhMft"*^ <:*L ■■: 

Publlx Unit' 
LI'sten ;Inn. 
Jeronifl Jlsinn 
Herman Seaman 
Mlsa llorntinotte 
Carlos & Inez 
Ho.ffnian Olrlfi 

L'S ANG'L'Sr CAL, 

Boulevard (27) 
QcrtO Morgan Bd 
Ted Doner , 

Bobbio TlionxpBon 



State (27) 

Peabody & Malfei 
Foursome .4 
Pinky Day 
Louiso & Mitchell 
Sunklst Beauties 
6 Harpists 
"Beau Sabreur" . 



Dave Harman .l3d 
''Student Prince" 

PR'^aDENCE. R, I. 

Fay's (30) 

Reflections ,. 
Phil Nlpp 
Love Sis. .... 
J C Mack Co 
Hynes & Bock 
Alan Shaw 
"3's a Crowd" 

BOCKFORD, ILL. 

Cororiada (5) 

Rosa & Gilbert. 
Freddie & Eddie • 
Shannon's Frolics . 
Henry Fink . 

B'K ISLAND, ILL. 

Ft. Armstrong 

2d half (9-11) 
George Sis 
.Tay Mack 
DeWlnters & H'nry 

S'T. LOUIS, MO. 

Ambassador (28) 

Mae Murray Co 
•Irresistible Lover' 

Missouri (28) 

Brooke .Johns ' 
DezBO Better 
'The Noose" 

. State (4) 
Pat Rooney . 
Tod Joyce ' 
Hines & Smith 



The CanslhOB . 
Don & Dorlna 
David, Recso 
"Beaii Sabreur" 

8t! Francis (28) 
M BramblUa .Bd 
"Sadie Thompaon" 

Warfleld (28) 

Rube Wolf Bd 
Rose Valyda 
Doakbs & Doakcs 
Johnny Dove . ' 
'Latest froirt- Parts' 

WATERLOO. lA. 
— Klvlefa ■ 



2d half (9-11) 
Audrey Cristy 
Billy Carpenter 

WSHINGT'N, D.C. 

Earle (29y . 
Jazzing Blue Rev 
Ed L Hymaa Pree 
Jnlinspn & Hewitt 
Thfeo. Alban 
BJllie Tichenbr 
Tommy Manaha'n 
Serov^a b'c'g Girla 
Ru.sa Morgan Ori.'h 
"Valley -pf Giant?" 

Fox (28) 
Meyer Davis Sym 
Oumansky Bal 
Jack Stebblns Pres | 
Masters 4 - 
Movietone 
Sophie Tucker -, 
"Silk Legs" 
Palace (28) 

Toklo' Blues Unit 
Publlx, Pros - 
Wmie Solar 
Naoe Kondo 
Helen Kim 
HatBU Kuma 
Anna Chang 
George Hlroae 
Wesley Eddy 
'fMan Woman Sin" 

Bialto 

Rox Rommell Pres 
"F'inders Keepers" 



Storey & . Lee 
Saxton & Farrcll 
Walton «s Brandt 
Seabury Swor Orch 

State (6) 

Rose Kress 3 
Earle & Bell 
F D'Amoro Co 
Marglo Coatca 
Hail & Dexter 
Julian Hall Orch 

Victoria 

1st half (6-8) 
ZoiUas Sl.s 
Cynthia & Clare 
Cupid's Rev 
Stuart & Laah ' . 
Cavaliers " 

2d half (9-,12) 
Mltkua 2 . 

Frlsch, Rector &. 1 
Cardiff & Wales 
Zolaya - 

Casino DeParls . 

BROOKI.YN 

Bedford - 

.1st half tC-8) 
Togan ..& 'Geneva. 
Alice LawlOr Co 
Saxton & Far.rcll 
Darrell & Roblnsbn 
Flo Hedges Co 

2d half (9-12). 
Bob Ander.son 
Edith Bohlman 
Gordon &. Pierce 
May Joyce Co 
(One to nil) 

Gates Ave. 

1st half (C-8) 
Mltkiis 2 ' 
Edith Bolilmah 
Barr.Mayo &. Renn 
Buck & Bubbles 
Paul Specht Orch 
2d half (9-12) 
^iiaFleui.'-& lioFtrla^ 
Carney & Pierce 
Baldwin Blair Co 
Stuart & Lash . 
Cavaliers ' 

Melba 

1st half (G-8) 
Mallnoff & Gray 
Jcrrle Dryden 
Wynn Ralph. 
Clayton & Mnnle 



BIRM'GIIAM, ALA. 

Temple (6) 

Evans & Perej! 
Ferris & Ellis 
Cartmell & Harris 
Demarest & Deland 
Nito at Coney lal'd 

BOSTON, MASS. 
Orpheuin (6) 

Dixon Riggs 3 
Prlmroae 4 
Meredith & Sn'zor 
Pabcr &-MeIntyro 
Chas Ahearn Co • 
(One to illl) 

BUl!*FAIX), N. Y. 

State (0) 

Merry Go Round Rv 
(Others to fllU 

CANTON, O. . 

lioew'e 
1st half (0-8) 

Gautier's Co . 
Irving Ed-wards 
ijeo.na .IjaMarr 
Bob Nelson 
Roslta' 

CLEVELAND, O. 

State (0) 

Carl Schenck & Son 
jack Housch Cp 
Keteh .& Wllma 
Carney' & '.Jean 
Jan.Giirber Orch 

COLUMBUS. O, 

Broad (0) 

Howard Co 
DiiFor Co 
Wally Sharpies Co 
Lew & M Wilson 
Lew Wllabn CO 

CORONA, 1.. 

— ; '-. riuza 

■ 1st half (6-8;) 

McDonald 3 
Mlml Rollins 
yoenian &, Lizzie 
Jock McKey 
Parker Babb Orch 
2d half (9-12) . 
Bob & L GlUftttc 
Clark l^Torrell Co 
Harry Hayden Co 



4 Diamonds 
Norton & Brower 
Oscar Stang Orch 

NORFOLK, VA. 
State (0) 
Chas McQoods Co 
Frank Mullane 
.GaudHihlth Brod . 
Local Follloa . 
(One to All) 

PITTS BURGH 

Aldene (6) 

4 Hartlhls 
Packard & Dodge 
Bed Carnation 
Herb Williams Co: 



Little Liar 
Emll Borco 
Gulran, Ma'rg'rlteCd, 

WOODH'VEN. L. I, 
Millard 
1st half (6-8) 
Bob Anderson 
Dale Sis' 

Bobby H<3nahaw Co 
Sam WoPding% Or 
(Ono to nil) . 
2d half (9-12) 

Jordan & Grace 

Mardo & Wynn 
.Beeman '& Grace 
Eddie Lambert Co 
Paul Specht Orcb 



OFFICIAL DENTIST TO THE N. V. 

DR. JULIAN SIEGEL 

tSiM Droadwnyi New York 
Bet. 40tb and 47tb Sts. 
thli WMk: „ 
LEO BEERS; JULIAN HALL 



Nellie Arnaut Bros 
(■Twp to nu) 

PBbviD'NCE, B. 1. 

Carlton (0) 

Little Plppifax Co 
Tod & Al Waldman 
Savoy & Mann' 
Scott Broa &Vernoo 
Lester Lane' Co 

•TORONTO, CAN, 

Loew's (6). 
Eliy Co 

ElCota & Byrne 



YONKERS,, N. Y. 
- Loew's. 
let half (i5-8) ' 

.Brb3lus '&. Barton ..' 
Myrtle .fioland 
Prificllla Dean Co 
Herbert Cllftbn 
Helen Hlgglns Co 

2a half (9-12) 
Lucas & Lillian 
Foster & Peggy - 
Kerr & Ensign 
Clayton & Lcnnie ! 
' Sam Wooding Orch 




Atiditions 

Fullest opportunity for 
nascent .talent is; af-- 
fprded by .pur .audl.tlpn 
system. Phone Mr. Burt 
Cprtelypu, our general 
manager, . fpr . an ap- 
pointment. 



V, / 



LYONS & LYONS 

PABAMOUHT BLDC.NEWVOIK 



Metropolitan (26) 
Al Lypns 

Fanchpn & M Idea.| 
Ukulele Ike 
White & Manning 
16 Holly w'd Boaut.s.| 
■Latest from Paris' 

XllUion Dollar (26) 

Leo For.bstein Orch 1 
"Last Command" 

United Artists 

(Indef) 
Dion Bomandl Or 
"The Dove" 

MTLW'UKEE, \VTS. 
Miller (6) 

Swartz & Clifford 
Sonny & Eddio 
Delano Doll 
Donna, b.imerol - 

NEWARK, N. J. 
Bran ford (28) 
Charlie Melso'n 
BranfOrd Playboys 
Les Stevens 
Mario do Coma 
George Glvot 
Peggy Wagner 
Sandy McPhersbir 
B.& E Coll 
'.'Honeypipon Hate" 

Mosque (28) 
Irene Franklin . Co 
Rayrrionde &. Diana 
'Now We're In Air' 

NF,W ORLliVNS. 
Saenger (4) 
Publlx, ITnIt ■ 
Flyln: High . 



Loew 



NE\y YORK CITY 
American 

lat half. (6-1) 
Rathburn 3 
Carney & Pierce 
Jack Conway Co 
Royal Pekin Tr 
Beeman & Grace . 
Hawthorne & Cook. 
E Phillips Co 
.(One to fill) . 

2d half (9-11) 
Hori Japs 

Bernard & Suzanne 
Morton Stanley & P 
Radiology. 
(Four to QU) . 

Boulevard 

ist half (6-8) 
LaFleur & Portia 
Friach Rector & T 
Eddie Hunter Co ' 
Bob Brandies Orch 
(One to All). 

2d half (9-12) 
Lou RcUa Co 
Peronne & Oliver 
. ConnelL.Leona, .&:_Z. 
Collins & Petcr.son 
Jacks & Queens 

Con*""©''*'* - • 

.1st half (6-8) 
Murphy Bros 
Cook & 'Oatman 
Harry Koler Co 
Lew Kelly Co 
Hyatt • 
(One tb fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
Flbrlnla ,; 



. Grond. . 

Ist half (6-8) 
Bob & L Gillette 
Clark Morrell Co 
UliB & Clark 
Eddie Lambort Co 
Morton Stanley Rv 

2d half (9-12) 
W B Ritchie Co 
Nola; & W St Clair 
Buck & Bubbles 
Helen Johns 
(One to nil) 

Greeley Sq. 
1st half (6-8) 
Hori Japs 
Hazel Goft &, Sis 
Storey & Lee 
- Korr & Ensign 
Jack Joyce 
Edith Clasper Co 
2d half (0-12) 
Murphy Bros 
Yoeman & Lizzie 
Myrtle Bolahd 
Bobby Henshaw Co 
3 Golfers 
(One. to ml) 
- i;inicolir'Sfliv~ 

1st halt (6-8) 
Hammer & H'inor 
Dave & Tressie 
Wllaon &. Dobson 
Robey & MHcholl 
Gosler & Lusby Rv 

2d half (9-12) 
Basil Lewis Co 
Dale Slaters 
Bobby O'Neill Co 
Jack Conway Co 
Kitaro Japs 



Tom Christian Orch 
(One to fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
Mary Do-vvUng 
Both Chains Co 
McOushlon 2 
Ryan & Lee . 
T Christian Orch 
(One to nil) 

MetropoUlon (6) 

4 Karreys 
Lydia Harris, 
Dare & Tatea 
Bert Gordon Co 
Vera Kingston 
Perry Mansfield Rv 

Oriental 
1st half (6-8) 

Adrienne 
Bennett & Dillon 
Kramer. & Boyle 
Leviathan Bd 
(One to fill) 
' 2d half (9-12) , 
Royal Pekln Tr 
Fay & MllUken 
Ulis & Clark 
Herbert Clifton 
Griffin 2 

Palace 

Ist half (0-8) 
Florinla 

Wheeler & Potter 
Jean Granese , Co 
Rev DeLuxe . 
(One to mi) 

2d half (9-11) 
3 Hcddlngtons 
Wilson & Addle 
Harry Koler Co 
(Two to fill) 

^ — ~^Pron»ler^~ 

l.st half (6-8) 
W E R-ltchle. Co 
Foster & Peggy 
J Mosco.wltz Co 
Zelaya ' 
May Joyce Co 

2d half (9-12) 
Pa-iil Brachard Tr 
Garner Co . 
Barr Mayo & Renn 
D.arreir &., Robinson 
Leslie & Dixie Co 



PHILADELPHIA 
WHEN 
PLAYI NG 



JACK L. LIPSHUTZ 

TAILOR 90S Walnut St 



ORDER 
MONDAY: 
FINISH 
SATURDAY 



Jerry . 

Kri-iiard &. Henry' 
'Kvnie ,.1'Nahe.r 
Fosler GlrlB- . 

OMAir.A, NEB. 

Riviera (4) 

Publlx Unit 
Dancing Deweys 

T)oyie"S'= sKirmer^ 

-IVlcliy.: Craig Jr 
Peggy English 

PniLADELpmA 

Carman (28) 
Murray .&■ Allan 
I''i,ank Salt 
8 SkyrockctH ' 
Dorothy GIthens 
Mills & Walker 
DoFay Biel 
.^'The Wizard" 



Norton, & Brower 
E J, -Mooro .' 
Wheeelcr & Potter 
Johnny Dunn Or 
(One tp fill) 

Dclancey St. 
1st half (6-8) 

a^^Clulfera^ 



Giirner Glrla 
Bernard & Su7-anne 
Collins & Petersen 
Griffin 2 . 
(One. to nil) 

2d half (B-l» 

Adrienne 
Cynthia & Clara 
Fayno & Purcoll • . 
M lilvlngston Oo 
Bennett & Rook 
fOno to fill) 



National 

Iflt h'a'if (6-8) 
.Lou Rclla Co 
Radiology 
Cardiff & Walca 
Marino & Martin 
Shaw-, Carroll Rev 

2d half (9-}2) 
Claude boCar Co 
JVIijMJL.J8.oU IJia.:^.^. 
Pease & Nolabn Co 
Calvin & O'Connor 
Grant Rosalie Or 

Orjthcum 

Ist half (C-8) 
Claude DeCar Co 
Fay Mllllken 
Nbla * W, St Clair 
Gordon & Plerco 
(^sino DoParls 

9d half (9-ie) 
Zelllad S.ls 



ATLANTA, GA. 

Grand (6) 

Van Cello & Mnry 
Stanley & Gin.i^er 
Edgar Bergen Co 
W J Kennedy Co 
Lieut GHz Rice Co 

BAY RIDiRE, N. Y 

Isl half (6-8) 
Kitaro Japs 
Conncll Leona & Z 
Calvin Sa O'Connor 
Jacks & QUcons 
(One to nil) 

,2d half (9-12) 
Mc]>onttld i 
AUcD Lawlor Co 
Eddie Hijntor Co 
. (3arden of Robob: 

(One tb mi) "7 



Lew Kelly Co 
Edith Clasper Co 

DETROIT, kiCH. 
, State (6) 

Bobbins 3. . - 
Bernard & Kranz 
Barbier Simms Co 
Harry Breen 
Primrose Rev 

BVANSV'M, IND. 

Tlvoll 

Ist half (6-8) 
Paul Nolan 
O & L Gerard 
Powers & Wallace 
Rodero & Maley 
London Palace Rev 

, 2d half (9-12) 
Lohae & Sterling 
Reynolds & White 
Billy Gross Co 
Billy Gilbert 8 
Dictators 

nOBOKEK, N. . 

iLyrlo 
1st half (6-8) 
Collins &, Morrison 
Johnny Olms Orch 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
Rah -Rah TOnirhy 
(Others to fill) 

HOUSTON, TEX. 

State (6) 
Emilons 

Hazel Crosby Co 
Nat C Halnea Co 
Coulter & Boae 
Marvell Co 

^JAMAICA, L. I. 

Hillside 

lat, half. (6-8). 
Santiago 8 
Perbnne &. Oliver 
Baldwin Blair- Co 
Henry Frey 
Seabury Swor Orch 

2d half (9-12) . 
Broalua & Barton 
Hazel . Goft Sis 
Prliscllla Dean Cp 
Jack Joyce 
Diane P'Mar Co 

ItlEMPinS, TENN. 

State (6) 

Aerial Smiths . 
Frank Braid wood 
Walter Walters- (io 
AVatson t-ls 
Cook & Shaw. Sis. 

MONTREAL, C.lkN. 

I,.OCW'8 (0) 

France TjaPe'll 
Frahcis fCoss &Du^l 
Smith & Hart 
Barrett &: Cuneen 
Harry Glrard Co' 
(One to nil) ■ 

state (C) 

Andreasons' 
Montrose A, Naco 
Lionel M Ames Co 
Morris & Shaw 
■Braillc) Polio Oroh 

NEW ORI.EAN8 
State (0) 
I Harpers 
Soympur & Gunnrd 



NEWARK, N. J. 
Newark «j) 

Chas & C Keating 
■Winchester & Bess 
(Three to fill) 

NIAGARA FALLS 
Strand (6) ■/ 

Gloria Devaughn - 
•Bennett 2 . - 
Edge &.Meda 
Bud Snyder 
(One to flli) 

klTCHEN'R, CAN. 
Capitol 

let half (6-8) 

Klafka Stanley, & M 
Lum & White 
Rubinl Sis 
(Two to . nil) 

HAMILTON, CAN. 

Pontages (6) 

, Jutta valley 
Carlotta Diamond 
Mcbevitt Kelly & Q 
Bobby Henshaw 
Kerr & weston 

DETROIT, MICH. 

New Oriental (6) 

Herbert. Holt 3 
■Pulmer & Wayne. 
Bowers Pros , 
(Two to fill) 

TOLEDO, O. 
RivoU (6) 
Will Morris 
Fields & Cook 
Lovers', Lane 
Cantor - Rosenblatt 
Christie & Nelson. 
Leach & LaQuinian 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Lyrio (6) 

Mayme Gehrue. 
Roger Williams 
Ruloff & Elton 
WlnchiU & Brlsco 
DcSylvla Rev 
Pearson & And'ra'n 

MINNEAPOLIS 
Pantages (6) 

Aeroplane Rev 
Carol & Jamos 



Spencer & W'lram*. 
bwight";Jphns..n Bid 

PORTLAND, ORE. 
Pantages (6) 

Bert Swpr. 
Caranas & Barker . 
(Tiirce.to fill) 

SAN FRANCISCO 
. Pantages (C> 

Floree Co 
Jolly 4 . 
Blaon City 4 
Billy Board 
(311bert Aycry ReV 

LOS ANGELES 
Pantages (6) 

Amazpn. & Nile 
Shriner & Gregpry 
Revelatipna 
Lublh Larry ' & 
Olympia & Jules 
Garl & Baldl > 

SAN DIEGO, CAU 

PantagCD. <6) 
Cllffprd Wayne 3 
Paul Klrkland 
Xmas' Letters 
Ruth Elder 

Larry's Ent 
Russell & . Hayes 

L'O BEACH, CAI* 

Pantages (6) 
Spirit of winter 
Elsie <!;iark 
Whlteway Gaietiea. 
Winnlfred & Mill* 
Duncan Sis 

SAL'I LAKE CIITT 

Pantages (6) 

Margret Mprel 
Romalne & Castle 
(Others tp fill) 

OGDEN, UTAH 
Capitol (6) 
Worths 

Taylor & Marckley 
Tpm Kelly 
Brandcl's Brov 
Boyd & Wallln 
Carlisle & LeMal 



THIS WEEK 

KERR and ENSICKN 
_ Victoria and Orplinnni 
LI;W.IS and 1VYMAN REVUE 
Loew's Palace, Itrooklyn 
HARRY BREEN 
liOew'a Canton, Ohio 

Direction 

GHAS. J. FITZPATRICK 

16<) West 46th street, New York 



Crisp Sla 

Bobby Van Horn 

(One to fill) 

BUTTE, MONT. 

Temple (6) 

'.Perez '& Marg'rlte 
Moran Kelo & R 
Frldkin & Rhoda - 
Burke & Durkin 
B Lalands\ 

SPOKANE, WASH, 

Pontages (0) 

: Ploretty 8 
Dotson 
Rev Unique 
Rogers &. Donnelly 
Agee's Co 

SEATTLE, WASli. 

Pantages (6) 
3 Blanks 

Selms 

Atkson & Lucinda 
Marion Dade 
Bobrln Berta 

TANCOUy^R, B. C. 



Pantages (0) 

Nagyfys 
Huston Ray 
BlUlo Goldlo Rev 
Sully & Mack • 
Petit Leanna Co 

TACdMA, WASH, 

Pantages (6) 

Little Jim 
Sandy .01iaw 
Francis X Buehm'n 



OMAHA, NEB. 

World (6) 
Marcel & LaSourc# 
Crouch' & Moore. 
Bert Collins CO 
Hale Bros ' 
Jack MarctiB 
Russell ^ Armst'ng 

KANSAS. CITY 

Pantages (6) 

Tharelo's Clr 
Mclntyre ,& Heath' 
Aatill & Fontana 
Volunteers 
Hungarian Tr 

MEMPHIS, TENN. 

Pantages (0) 

Aiiasie & CzoQh 
Dancing CycIOnoi 
Al Abbott 
.Hickman Bros 
O'Hanlon & Zam 

BIRM'GH'M, ALA. 
Pantajgcs (6) 

=x:aJ.cflQtilana^.;=^:^=..^ 



Wm Bench 
Balbanow B . - 
Ben Smith 
Jarvis Rev 

ATLANTA, OA. 
Capitol (6) 
Texans 

Fargo & Richards 
Transfield Sis 
Leon & Dawn 
Vlda Negri 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A R I E T Y 



4X 



[ 



Association 



Blue Grass 4 
Hert l^yloll Co 
Kolly & Forsythe 
IjufC & Demaroat HIb 



CHICAGO; ILIif 
American 

. 1st half (C-8) 
B & Y I^eo . 
W ^ M 

Dunce Kev 

half (0-12) 
Panclnjj Demons 
Hill & Margie 
BlUy Maine Co 
Iford & Taylor . 
•' (One- 16 till) ■ 

.Uelmont 
let half (6-8) 
Keane & Williams 
. Enrico; C 
Minor '& Van. 
Gardner's C(» 
Thomas Rev 

2d half (9-12) 
Ward & Watts 
Making MoVles 



Stepping Feet 
Clias Cliasd 
Cahlll Si WcUs 
(One to nil) 

MADISON, WIS. 
Orpheuin 

let half (0-8) 
Sparling & Koso 
Tbto 

Chanpy & Fox 
(Two to All) 
. 2d . iialf (0-12) 
Midget. Co . 
Muiarid & Glrlon 
Saranoff- Co 
Wallace &, May 
Wilton Crawley 

IrtllAVAUKKE 

Mojeetic. (a) 

Babby Randall 
3 Knights 
Sub Deb Rev 




HAVE ROUTED 
CHARLIE AHEARN & BAND 
AND GAUD8MITH BROS. 

Can Do the Same *or YOU ! 



Franklin Tr 
Jack George ; 
(One to fill) 

liniilcwood 
1st half • (C.-8) 

Making Mo^vles 

3 Kitchens ; 

Jack George 

Ward & Watts 

(One to nil) 
•Jd halt (0-12) 

Art Alexander Co 

Melody Pirates 

Maxwell & Leo 

McGrath & Travers 

, (One to till) 

Miijestic (9) 

Tiny Town Rev 
KnOJl 4 
Brltt Wood 
Archer & Belford 
(Two to fill) 

Itlverin 

1st half (6-8) 
Blossoms . 
Aurora 3 
Frozlnl 

Altracht & Shacht 
WT.olUin & Sarah 
2d half (9-12) 
Clianny & Fox , 
B * .T Cretghton 
Knina 

Foy FamllV 
(One to fill) . 

davexport; ia. 

Capitol 

ist half ('6-8) 
Brow.ri & Whltt'kor 
Foy Family 
Bupsey & Case 
"V Bacon' Co 
(One to nil) . 

2(1 half (9-12) 
Bon Barton Rev 
Smith & Cantor 
/RAT) Dean ■ 
(Two to AM) 

DBS MOINES. IA. 
Capitol 

1st half (6-8) 
Rob Rellly Co 
Smith & Cantor 
RAD Dean 
(Two to fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
Frank Dobson Co 
Bussey & Case 
V Bacon Co 
Brown & WhUfker 
(One to flU) 

EVANSV'MC, IND. 
Grand 

Ist half (6-8) 
Pallotte Rev 
Klein Bros 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
Keane & Wllllnms 
Hooper & Gatchett 
Harry Rappl 
(Two to fill), 

KANSAS CITT 
Main St. (6) 

-•-^ — Barl s h- & -Peru 
Louisville Ldoiis 



Radlahna ^ 
(Two to nil) 



Ft. sSllTII, ARK 

Joie (0) 

Ka'U'x ■ ■.. 
Sai.T'i'nt & Lewis 
Alilrii'ir Ifuwalians 

((*ie lo nil) 
FT, WOHTII, TEX. 

aiitjcBac (fe) 

Miirshall . & Larya 
1 1 a y n <•« Ij(.'h in a n i^- IC 
Wiiyburn's IJud^ 
May I'ahp'r 
Walzer & Dyer 

HOrSTON, TEX. 
.. . Mertlnl (C) 

Hei-bcrtji Bpeson 
.•MuiTay':& irwin : 
ITarry Lovan Co' 
Frank ConylUe 
Blue Blowers 
Ma^k & Uosslter 

L'l^E ROCK, ARK 
Miijcstic 
1st half (6-8) 
4 Kadcx 

Sargent & I..ewls 
Aldrlch Hawallans 
4 Camerdns 
(One to nil) 
. 2d half (9-12) 
Brencks & Bella D 
Kelao & DeMonde 
Woodland Rev 
(Two to nil) . 

NEW PRI.EANS 
Orplieum (6) 

Jack' Han ley 



-Maddook'fl Co 

Rico & Newton . 

I'etleys 

dco Lloyd Co 

OKLAHOMA CIT\' 

Oriiheum (6) 

Lf > .^lurse ■ ' 

Oliver & Cranglo' 
Amateur Nile Ixm 
Kd & Morton Heck 
•M'trior & . Root Rev 

SAN ANTONIO 
Majestic 

1st half (6-8).' 
(Same bill playa 
W'M-o 2a halt) 
:Fnlls Reading & B. 
Esielle Fratus ■.■ 
lU-ni'-y San.trey Co 
(Two to nil).. 

Tt'LHA, OKIiA.' 
Orplieum (6) 

Torellls Clr-, 
Hap, Hay.zard 
Marie Vei-O .■: 
A & M Havel 
Gibbs 2 

■\nClilTA, KAN. 
Majetstlo 
Ist hillf (6-8) 
Carleton .Emmy 
Hay & Harrlaoii 
Tom Levino Co 
-.Tohnny Hynian 
Ah San Lu Co 

2d half (9-12) 
Marie Corelll Co 
Cantor & Duval 
Jerry. O'Meara Co 
Lcntint Co 
(One to: fill) 



RICHMOND* VA. 

Murray 

2d half (2-5) 
Dn> ton & Ranccy 
Wilfred Du nois 
(Three to nil)' 

SANDl'SIiY, O. 
Scliadci 
2.1 half.;(2-G) 
MlniH.te & Darling.- 

.«II> RING WELD, O 
Stilt* ■ • ' 

2d halt (2-B) 
H &■ n Clark 
(Otliors to nil) 



TKRRE HAUTE 
Imliiuiu 

2d half (2-5) ' 
Juo Fong 
Manning & Klass; 
LydcU & Hl«(jins 
(T.wp to fill) 
WINDSOR, ONT. 
CiipKol 
2d half (2-f>) ' 
Country Club Co 
Polos, 2 ■ ' ■ ' 
6 .Crackerjai-Us 
. (Two to nii) : . . 




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MINNEAPOMS 
7tlil St, (6) 
Agee & White 
Violet Joy Co 
Marie- & Pals 
(Three to nil 

ROCKFORD, 
Palace 

let hcilf (6 
Midget Co 
M.urand & Girtpn 
Saranoff Co 
Wallace & May 
Wilton Crawley 

2d half (9^12) . ' 
Toto. 

Sparling & Rose 
3 Browns 
(Two to nil) 

ST. I^OUIS, MO. 
Grand (.30) 
Fast Steppers 
Stanley House Co 
(Three to fill) 

ST. PAUt. MINN. 

' Pieildce 

1st half (-6-8) . 
Doc Baker Co 
Sydell & Spottle 
Senna & Dean 
Countess Sonia Co . 
(One to fill) 

2d half (9-12). 
Clifford A Marlon 
Brown & Lavelle 
Goo Schreek 
(Two to fill) 

SIOUX CITT, lA, 
Orpheam 

iBt half (6-8) 
Clifford &. Marlon 
TInova & Balkoft Co 
Brown & LaVelle 
Geo Schreek Co 
(One to nil) 

2a half (9-12) 
Rob Rellly Co .. 
Senna & Dean 
Sydell & Spottle 
Countess Sonla Co 
(One to nil) 

SO. BEND. IND. 

1st half (6-8) 
Rogers Show • 

2d half (9-12) 
West & McGlnty 
Jue Fong 
(Three to flU).., 

SPR'GFIELD, IND. 
Orpheum 

1st hail (6-8) 
Freda & Palace 
Tampa 
Harry Rappl 
Borde' & Robinson 
(One to fill) 

2d half (9-12> 
Manley & Baldwin 
Barry & Whltleclge 
Spotllte Rev 
Chilton &;-Zrhoma3 
(One to fill) 



Orpheum 



HOWARD SLOAT 

BONDS FOR INVESTMENT 
ft. B, Leacb & Co.. Inc., S7 Wilham St.. N 



Interstate 



CHICAGO, IIX 
Palac« . 

. 2d half C2t6) 
Eugene O'Brien Co. 
Frankie Heath 
Yesterthoughts • 
Felovis 
(One to All) 

State-lAke (30) 
Younger Foya 
,Odall Careno 
Freda. & Palace 
Mclicilan & Sarah 
Wallace & May 
Wm Brack. 
Babe Egan Co 
(Two Vo nil) 

Tower- 
2d half (2-B) 
Bussey & Case 
Burt & Lehman 
3 Good Knights 
Radlanna 
(One to nil) 

. DENVER,; COJj. 
Orplieum (30) 

Gus Fowler 
Lew Cody 
Pagana '. 
Geo. Dormonde 
Boyle & Delia 
(One to nil) 

KANS.>S CITX 
Orpheam (30) 

Nlte at 0. Club 
Claude *t Marlon 
Mljares 

Lucille L Verne 
(Two to nil) 

JjOS ANGiELES 
UlilBtreet (30) 

John Steel 
Morris & Campbell 
Hyde & Burrcll 
Brooks & Ross 
Chilton & Thomas 
Chevalier Bros 

Ori>Iieum (30) 

Fannie Brlce 
Brennan & Rogers 
Dick Henderson 
t Art Henry Co 
Peggy MacKechnle 
Boy Cummins 
5 Mongadors 
(Two to fill) 

MILWAUKEE 
Pnlace (30) 
Walter Houston 
Johnny Hyman 
Chaney & Fox 
Eddlo Foy Co 
3 Melvln Bros 
(One to nil) 

.MINNEAPOLIS 
Bounepjo. (30) 
Jay C Filppen 
Will Aubrey 
Clayton & Keith 
Ethel Davis. 
Ray Kavanaugh 
(Two to nil) 

OAKLAND, € At. 

Orplieum. (30) 
Wayburn's ReV 



Bill Robinson 
Harry Holmes 
3 Vagrants 
3 Sailors .■ 
(One to nil) 

OMAHA, NBR. 

Orplieum (.30) 

Gene Austin 
Joe Browning 
. Valentines ■ 
Clifford & Marlon 
Tlnpva & Balkoff 

PORTLAND, ORE. 

Orplieum (30) 

Leo Carrlllo ' 

Arabian Knight 
Gaston Palmer 
Wmie Mauss 
B & J Brown 
Helen McKeller 

ST. LOUIS, MO.. 

Orplieum (.SO) 

Olsen &. Johnson 
Patrlcola 
Yates & Lawley 
Boehee & tlubyatte 
(Two to nil) 

St. Lools (30) 
Florentine Choir 
Olive Olsf^n 
Hooper A Gatchett 
Frank Richardson 
Aurora Tr 
(One to nil) 

SAN FRANCISCO 
Golden Gate (30) 

Nance O'Nell Go 
Trahan & Wallace 
Jack Redmond Co 
Harrison & Dakin 
(Two to All) 

Orpheum (30) 

Eddie Leonard 
Cr'wf'd & B'derlck 
Peggy Wynne 
Arnaut Bros 
Roye & Maye 
Keo-Takl & Yolil 

siEATTLE, WASH 

Orphenm (30) 
Ch'rl'tto Greenwood 
Carl McCulIough . 
'Alexand.er & Peggy 
The Galenos 
Reed & Duthers 
RafUn's Monkeys 

VANCOUV'R, B.C. 
Orpheum (30) 

Carl Frt>ed. Bd 
T.oney & Norman 
LaSalle & Mack 
--t e w -H ear rt e o - -' : - •- 
Coward & Bradden 
Ida May Chadwlck 

WINNIPEG, CAN. 
Orpheum (30) 

Jack Benny 
Beverly Bayne . 
Tom Davis 3 
•Bestpr.'s Orcb .. 
•Cardlnl,, . 
Sunshine Sammy 



NEW YORK CITY 
Broaidwiiy (30) 

Man Halptyrin 
i'eter the Great : 
Kaye & Say re 
Envy 

j & J Mc'Kenna 
Hama-ft Yama 

Clicfitor 
2d h.-ilf (2-B) 
Joe YCung 
Howoll's Collegians 
Welch Mealey «: M, 
■Frank Sinclair 
(One to nil). . '. 

Coliseum 

2d half (2-5) 
iri m'nos. . Wmiama 
Frailkel & Duhlcvy 
Naziniova ' 
lievql Bios & Rod 
(One. to nil) 

81st St. 

. 2d half (2-B) 
As Wc Were 
Spoor Parsons & M 
Chain & ArQhcr 
(One to nil) . 

86tb St. 

2d half (2-B) 
Roger Imhoff Co. 
Anna, Chandler 
I 'Scotty . Holms . Bd 
(Two to nil) 



Kth Ave. 

Jd half (2-B) 
Miller & Corbett 
Wnlsh & Dills 
(Three to All). 

GSth St. 

2d half (2-6) . 
. Cuddles 
Alexander Gatis 
Payne & HlUlnrd 
Larry . Stoutenberg 
(One to nil) 

Fordham 
2<i half (2-5) 
Crells 
Corelll Sis 
Valerie' Bergor© 
Joe Darcsy . 
I. Side. Kicks 

Trnnklin 

2d half (2-B) 
E Sheriff Co 
Case ' Sis 
Eddie Nelson 
U Whitney Rey 
(One to nil) 

Hamilton 

2d half (2-5) 
B & L Gillette 
Watts & HawUy 
R Whitehead 
Geo A Moore. 
Smalle & B'b'rtsbn 
Sow-Columbus & C 



Frakspn 
Gorton - Girl's 
Hurst & Vogt 
Kwcon R- Xfnl Sis. 
rliiez & neWyn 
Clark &. Bergman 
(Two to nil) 

Royal 

2d half (2-5) 
Guy Rarick Co 
Cliff & Ra-lolirie 
Gl.ndya Do'ntar Bd 
A T wo to" nil) ' 

CONEY ISlvXNP 
TlTyoii. . 

.: 2d hair-^(2-f;) 
Ergpttl A- Tlerman 
Joe Roberts , 
Wilson- Bros 
Goo Wulssli - 
Betty Miller .& ,B 

FAR ROCKAWAY 

„ Strand . 
. • ^2d; half (2-6) 
Plckford.>5 
tTshnr.<! 

'Took MurdocU ' 
iSdlth Melser . 
Brendei & Burt 

BROOKLYN 
Albee (30) 
Briant's 

Gilbert & JTronch 
Bob Albright 
Coram 

Eddie Conrad. 
M Severn Co . 

. (C) . 
Teck Murdock Co 
- Ca'rtlnl 

Joy her & Foster 
Fanny Ward 
Dbolcy & Sales 
Side. Kicks 



Ewing Eaton 
Haniilion .^is & F 
(Two to nil) 

ASIU KY PARK 

M:»ln Sti 

2a luilf (2-5) . 
X'\\ >n (ho Clouiis 
Hums '\Vllson 
ao<id 0\\\ - l'lu>3. 
(Two lo nilv 

ASUT.VIU'I.A, O. 
. Ptiliioe . ' 
2d h;>lt (2-5) . 
V a V (V.irvin , 
l';i:o;\( I -eon 
Itarr. *' Lamar. 
(Two tiV nil) 

ATLANTA. OA. 
(irituil (3.6) 
S'awa lii - 

.(Seriruiliv si- Gang 
M\irlol Kay 
lllckey l>roa 
Ilauntod ■ 

ATLANTIC CITY 
. Eiirle- ■ 

d half '(2-B,) .. 
■Rroms -Fit 7. 
llroadus Karl 
Ziniiiiy 

Frisch & 'Sadler 
(One to nil) 

Al iU UN. N, Y 
■ JcfforHon 

;d liaif (2-r>).- 
Mav Wlrih . . 
Barto & Clark 
Gjlbi-rt '^c May 
(TWO to nil) : 

BALTIMORE. Ml) 
New Garden (30) 
Frilnk Alma 
Ray Conway & T 



AMARILLO, TEX. 

Eair 

"iBt half (6-8) 
(Same bill playa 
Wichita Falls 

2d half) 
Oroh Co. . ' 
Bart hum & Saxton 
Musical Rev 
Weston & Lyons 
Harry Kahne 

ATLANTA, OA. 

RltzL (6) „ „ 

Gibson & Prloo 
A dole Verne . 
Ai K Hall , 
Tad Tlcman's Bd 
On the Air 

; AUSTIN, TEX. ] 
Hancock 0- H. 
1st half (6-8) 
(Same bill plays 
GalveHtoii 2d half) 
Rlhlo LaCotina Qo 
Ann Clifton 



Janet of France 
Rody Jordan 
J Kneeland Co .• 
BATON BOCGB 
Colnmbia (6) , 

(Same bill plays 
Alexandria, 7; 

Monroe, 8; 
pine Bluff, 9; 
Shrevcport, 10; 
Texarkaria, 11) 
NuRold Revue 
E Sandersbn Co 
Want Ads 

TJSflBkWJtt^fif'Brown^ 
MandeV Bros 
BIRM'QII'M, ALA. 
Majeatlo (6) 

GuUly & Jeanny 
PhllBon & Duncan 
D Paskman's Co 
Primrose Scmon Co 
(One to nil) 

DALLAS. tEX. 
Majestic (0) 

Alice Pe Garmo 



Keith-Western 



-CI^SVELAND, O. 

Bead's Hipp : 

2d half (2-6) 

Hayes & Cody 

Mclodlans 

B & L Gillette 

Herb Denny Rev 

McGrath & Trav'se 

DETROIT, MICH. 
Grand Rlvcria (30) 
Don Humbert 

""(StTfeVs'to^ini'"""--" 

FT. WAYNE, IND. 
Palace 
2d half (2-B) 
iShean & Cantor ■ 
Murdock & Mayo 
(Three to fill) 

GREEN B.VY, WIS, 

Palace 

Id half (2-6) 
Lewis & Laverne 



Leroy . & Ly tton 
Owens & Kdley 
Jules Fuerrest Co 
(One to nil) 

HAMMOND, IND 
Parthenon 
2d half (2-5) 

Hudons Co 
(Others to fill) 

lEXINGTON, KY 

2d half (2-B) 

Befrcris & Pill 
Bungle Love 
(Three to fill) 

MUNCIE, IND 
Wysor Grand 

2d half '. (2-6) 
Casiior & Morrleey 
HashI & Osal ' 
(.Three. to nil) 



Hippodrome (30) 

Alexancier & Santos 
Jerome & Evelyn 
Mullen & Francis 
Catallnl 

Sully & Thomas 
D Apollon Co 
(C) 

Ruiz & Bonlta 
Alexander Co 
Sylvia Clark 
Catallnl 

De Card 03 
(One to fill) 

. jefferson 

2d half (2-B) 
Tex McCloud 
Freeman & S'ym'ur 
Geo A Moore - 
(Two to fill) 

126th St. 

2'd' half (2-6) 
Cortini' 

Inglls & Davis 

3 K.-vy ton.-Glrls ^ 

Mary Marlow 
Bobby . Ro wlaild 
Williams & Clark 
Ruiz & . Bonlta 

Palace (30) 

Tarasoff ft DeV 
Mills & Goodwin 
Ch.oB T Aldrlch 
Soott Saunders - 
Re.sMUo IlayaUawa 
Bila Shlnlds- 
Mofjs &. P'ontana 
Lily Morris 
Flemings- 

(6) .: 
lA\y Morris 
WaringsV Penns 
Tex Mcl^eod . 
Edith Muser 
MoHS' & Montana 
4 Serlancys . 
(Three to fill) 

Regrent 
2d half (2-B) 
Rome & Gaut . 
Paula Paqulta & < 
Conlln ft Glass 
Mason & Mason 
Joy Bros & Gloom 
Golda _ _■ _ _ 

RlyerBlde (SO) 

.Richard Kean 
MO'ire & Powell 
Turner Bros . 
Do.ol'iX & Sales 
Joyncr & Fosie'r 
ElHiii Janis 
Richard Vintour. 
Mile Andrtie 
(One to nil) 
(0) 

Hal Neemaa ■ 



Bush wick 

2d iialf (2-5) 
Powell's 2 
poihl Sis & M. 
Gaffney & Walton 
Hawthorne &. Cook 
Edwin Gec)rg(j 
Edith Clasper 
Eddie Vine & Bros 

FlintbuHh 

2d half (2-B) 
.Toodtes & Todd 
The Dales 
Abbott & Bisland 
Harrington iSis 
Taylor Holmes 
PUCcr .& Douglas 

Greenpoint 

2d half (2-B) 
H(»aley & Cross 
Alf Grant 
Shann'n & Colfim'n 
(Two to fill) 

Madison 

. 2d half (2-6) 
Frank Shields 
Flirman & Evans 
Joe Phillips Co 
Jerry & B'by G'ds 
Sen Murphy.. 

Orplieum 

2d half (2-6) 
Mike Carmen & M 
Gee Beatty 
Harry Kessler 
Rnclne & Ray 
(One to fill) 
Prospect 

2d half .:(2-5) 
Medley' Sr. Dupree 
Happiness Girls 
(Three to fill) 

Akron, o. 

Pulace ■ 
2d half (2-B) 
■Van Lano .& Ver 
Ryan Sis 

Neilson & Warden 
Callt Nitc Hawks 
-Jlm-.-McW i 1 li ams 
Van De Vcldo 

ist half (6-8) 
'4 of Us ' 
Ann Codec's Co 
Mme Herman 
(Three to nil) 

2d half (9-12) 
Fclovis . 
L La Mont' Co 
Sid Moorehoii.«o 
Rich Sr. (Mierie - 
Layman M<-G ,&. C 
(One to fill) 

ALBANY, N. Y. 

Proctor's 

2d half (2-5) 
Carr Bros A Betty 
Julian Eltlnge 
6 Anderson Sis 
(TWO to nil) 

ALLENTOWN, PA. 
Colonial 

2d half (2-5) 
E^va Shirley 
McL'ghlln & KvanH 
Artie MChlinger 
Slg FrJsroe Co 
(One to fill) 

'=-ALTOONA,-PA 
MlHchler 

2d half (2-6) 
Ralifitfjns 
Jack I.avier 
Jim Gildca 
(Two to nil) 



Ilusseli Carr 
Col J George 
Vivian ftart 
J ' Berkes Co 
Count J'.efnivlcl 
(6) , 

Carroll Rev 
Hippodrome (SO) 

Rogers & Wynn 
Gruber's Oddities 
Fields & Fink 
Chisholrh .& Breen 
•Keller. Mack 

BAYONNE, N. J. 
Keith's 
2d half (2-B) 
Dave Harris 
Charlotte Worth ' 
Reed Hooper 
Bcsser & Balfour 
(One- to fill) . . 

B'V'R FALLS, PA 
Resent 
2d half (2-B) 
Hope Vernon 
Colinas C^r 
(Three to nil) 



AMSTERD'M, N.Y. 
Rialto 
. Id half (2-5) 
Anthony A Rogr-ru 



B'BM'GH'M, ALA 

Lyric (30) 
Gibson & Price 
Adela Verne 

Tloman's Tunes 
At K Hall • ■ 
On the Air 

BOSTON, MASS. 
Gordon's Olympla 
(Scoilay S<i.) (30) 
Lcvan & BoUes 

Aces & a Queen 
Oroonadera 
illooro Bros. 
Gordon & Day 
Baldwin Blair Co 

Gordon's Oiympla 
(Wash. St.) (SO) 

Hal Neithan' 
4 L'Copnors • ^ 
Hayes Marsh Sc H 
Tabor & Green 
Anderson & Graves 
Debec & Hudson 
McRae & Clegg 
Keith's (80) 
Serlancys 
.Stewart & Olive 
Serge Flash 
Harmon &■ Sands 
Vox & , Walt ere 
Fred Allen 
.Waring's Pcpns y 

. (C ) " 

As Wo. Wore" 
Vivian Hart 
Big Side .=:how 
Ollbert & French 
Hiitlcr A Parker 
Chappellc & C'rit'n 
Pilar Sc Douglas 
N^w Boston (30) 

Honey liqya 
Ar th u r Ashley — , — 
Dtdvoy .''Is- 
American Girl 
■(■; wy.nno Co 
Green ,& Look hart 

BRADFORD. PA. 

Itrnidford 

2d ha'' (2-B). 
May' Waek 
F &. '3 Rlrch.T.rt- 
r-hlta & Pals . 
Inez '& Dowynno , 
(One to nil) 

BltiDGKP'RT. CT, 
Palace 

2d half (2-B) 
It.ardo'cn . 
,N'orton fit^Haley 
Padiila 

Ncl.von & Basse 
Fulton & Mack 
LauKhlln & West 

Poll's 

2d half (2-8), 
Frank J Sidney 
Lernalr & Ralston 
NelHon. .& Basso 
SiirikNt Rev 
Wkrifield — W'rn'n 

Hippodrome (30) 

S'lck IjUfras ■ 
Passing Parade ■ 
(Thn-e to (HI) 

m TLEK, VA. 
Maje«li<' 

2(1- hit. r f.;--B) 
P'<rl(i KaHhlfin.i 
(O'hfTH to li;i> . 



CAMDEN, N. .jr. 
Tower's 

2d half '(2-B) 

.>5eobaeks ■ . 
Konii>»'r' Wayard vtJ 
Kirk Ss Lawrence 
nury'b Dogs 
Olyn Landick ■ 

CANTON, O. 
Pulaefi. 
. 2a half (2-B> 
Chas Tiinblin Co 
Seranibled- Legs 
(.ilvn-ipic -3 . 
Fries it \Yllson 
Bernard »<: Kellar. 

C'llI/ST N, W'. VA 
Koarse , . 
2d. half (2-B) 
A.I Tucker 
Frank Violfi , 
.Keller & Pare. ; 
J>\ & B )Irtrvcy ' 
(One to nil) 

CiNCINNATI, O. 
Albce (30) 

'l'>0l4-O . 

Wahl & Walters 
O By ton. Co 
Siinny Jerm.ann. 
(One to nil) 

Keith's (.SO 

Geo Wong. Co ' 
4 of t'.i 

Just a -Piil ' . , ' 
t'Tovlnnc Tiltou -. 
Orth & Cody 
Flo Vernon 
Ann Codec's Sur 

Puliiro (30) 
Stubbk'ilPlds 
T & D Ward ' 
Petty & Mamoaux 
Ori Tour 
Val Harris Co 
Cadet C 
Louise Wright 
(6)-;;, 
.Gordon's Dogs. 
Goin' Korth 
■ Evy Voyor Co 
Biarr &' LaMarr ■ 

.6 Swifts 

Jack Lee 

CL'KSB'RG, W.VA. 
Robinson Grand 

2d halt (2-B) ' 
Laddie * Garden 
l':Rock &' Blossom 
I Johniiy Murphy . 
E & L Ford Rev 
Cannon & T^e " 

CLEVELAND, O. 
lOSth St. (SO) 
Duval & Richards 
Dalton & Craig 
Mr Sc. Mrs Stamm 
Joe Marks .Co 
Lottie Meyers 

2d half 
Rose & Thorn 
Leo Society Co 
Van De Velde Co 
Calif NIto Hawks 
Kraft & La Mpnt 

. Pulare (30) 
Alleen & "Marjorle 
W & B Ford 
Maker & Redford 
Walter Brower 
Weaver Bros ' 
Miss America 

. . (6) 
Nick Lucas 
Brooh *i: Lo Hart 
Chps Withers Co 
(TUreo to nil) 

COLU.MBUS, p. 

Keith's 

2d half (2-B) 
Going North 
C & R Flagler 
Chas Withers 
Galla-^RIni Sis 
Herbert Faye 
Gordon's Doge 

DAYTON, O. 

Keith's 

2d half (2-5) 
BelllB 3 
Hurst Bros 
Farnell & Florence 
Guy Voyor Co 
ErsI Sr Agnes 
Miller Sis Rev 
--lat^ialf (fi-8) 
Berrens '& Fyfl 
Goode & LeIghton 
E & L Fordru 
(Three to fill) 

2d half (9-12) 
On Tour 
Wfflr'H Elephants 
Wm T\»'nnedy 
Hnrry Jolson 
(Two -to-nil)-. - -^ — 

DETROIT, MICH. 
Hollywood 

2d half (2-B) 
Rosalind Ruby Co 
(Three to fill) 

Temple (30) 
i.,ottje Atherton, 
Cronin St. ilart 
3 Swifts 

IlarrJs & Holly • 
Blue Slickers 
(C) 

Weaver ' Bros 
Whitey & Ford 
Allecn & Marjorle 
J Donley . Co 
Marcus Sis & C 

Uptown 

2d half (2-5) 
Jack RuHseil' Co 
Ro.ie & Thome 
Leo Society Klng'rs 
Alex Carr 
Evers & Greta 

DUNKIRK. N. Y. 

Cupltol 

• 2d , half (2-5.) . 
|--^4-(]rcgg^O iris— 
Bohn A Bohn 
(Three to nil) 

E, LUJIiKTy, P.\. 
' Slicridun Sfi.' 
2d halt (t-5) ■ 
Ti'Xas 4 

Ml-Ig.Ots 
Matio 
Mill 'in Ha Id win 
(dnc !'• Ill') 



EASTON, PA. 
Keith's 

2d lialf r.) 
Miiihna's l-lev. 
1 ,0'iiM I.undiin , 
Itiil) t'a^riiii Co 
V n Kial 
"VS'nnzer -A- Pahiior 



ELlZ,\liETll. N. .1. 

City 

2d half ie-5) 
Marly iiuproi! 
(Olhers. to (lin 

ELMIHA. N.. Y 
Mujestlo 

'-2d half (2-5). 
I;os(ru l.nniont . . 
ShoUi)n BiMiily 
Hay Stono 
(T^vo to 111')': 

ERIE, PA. . 
Erie (30). 
O'altea Bros . 
Jlc-i^oy Walton 
. '/eldu Snntley- 
Rodrljjo A. i^lla 
(One to nil) 
(6) ■ 

Lovcnberg Sis M 



Pixon & (VBrlen 
B>"rnavfl ilnhnson 
Penman .t V.iire 
Hilison H-rlii'rt 

IIORNKLL. N. Y. 
Sluitluek 

2 1 ■ • ; 'V 

\mi ri .. I- • .V w- 
p. r. f^;t» A. ■r'-.'\ii\in3 
- Will ,1 W .11.1 
(Two t o ii-i ) ■ ■ ■ 

lU'N I"(iTON. W.V. 

Orpheuiii 

2d half (i-j) 
ShelVi\ .v Ail-tiiiifl . 
Am mill' 

SiilUvell '& Frasor 
Marietta Cia.g • 
Gooa * T.oltrhtnn 

ISDI.VNA. PA. . 
Indiana 

2a halt (iru) 
Earl Uiai IVeV. 
Carrie: T.illle 
JIartlne Co .\ 
(Two 'to. nil) . 
INDIANAVOlis 
Keith's (30) 
Ryker & Mack : 



FAY'S PHIL. 

(FULL WEEK) 

IJooked by ! 

FRANK WOLF, JR. 

Colonial Trust BIdg. . . 
- PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



'Hearst Bros 
Paltoii. & Craig . 
Ruby Norton Co 
CTwo to fill) 

FAIRMONT, W, V. 
- Fairmont 
2d half (2-5) 

Prince Wong 
Madge Maltldnd 
Shock. & D.arvlllo .. 
<3iggles . 
Nathan & Sully 

GERM'NT'WN. PA. 
Gerr>nntown 
2d half (2-5) 

Maddock's Mascots 
.Tlrn Lucas 
Easton Sc Howell 
Wilton. Sis 
MancMos 



GLENS F'1-S, :N. Y 
Rialto ; 
2d half (2-B) 

'Gladys DarllpK 

O & W Casslon 
Saul Brilllanct 
Viola May Co 
(One to nil) . 

GL'V'RSV'LE,' N.Y. 
■ Glove _ 
2d half (2-6) 

Broken Toys 
Boyd & King 
Eugene Costcllo ■ 
(Two to' fill) 

G. RAPIDS, MICH. 
Ramona Fork 
2d half (2-5) 
Ashley Pttlgo 
Chamberlln & Earl 
Bobby Adams 
BIMy House Co 
Rath Bros 
(One to nil) 

Ist half (6-8) - 
Frank Stafford 
Frank Orcato 
Cole & Snyder 
Jack RuBsell Co 
(Two to nil) 
. 2d half (9-12) 
Oallarlnl Sis 
Calts Bros 
Nancy Decker - 
Scrambled Legs 
.Stubblenelds 
La Belle & Pola 

GREENF'LD. PA. 

. Vlctorto 

2d half (2-5) 
Hewitt & Hall 
E & M Ernie 
CdHlns & Reed 
(Two to fill) 

GREENSB'RG, PA 
Strand 

2d half (2-B) 
O'Ncil *t Oliver 
Suite IB 
Nancy Decker 
Horner Romaine 
YaohtiWB"Party~ 



Bud Carlell 
Welr'a Eleiihanls 
Sid Marlon, Co " 
Fetlt-e Rev 

'■ (6).' ■■ .'■•': 

Corrlne Feltoh 
I'Isher & Fllmoro 
Brown Derby Bd 
Emmet O'Mara 
(Oho to nil) 

ITHACA, N. Y. 

Stmnd 

2d half (2-B) 
Dancing Demons . 
Melva Sis . . 
. (Three ' to nil)- 

.IAMEST'WN, N. T. 
Shea's 
2d half (2-5) 
Night in Dixie 
Fantino Sis 
Briflco & Rauh 
Otis Mitchell 
(One to fill) 

JERSEY CITY 

>• , .Stote 
2dhA'lf (2r6) 
Clara Vincent 
Iktarlo Marlowe 
B Do Cardos 
(Two to nil) 

.JOHNSTOWN. N.Y. . 
Majostie 
2d half (2-5)- 
Wilton A Weher 
Llaseed Tr . 
Fred Hughes 
A & F Steadman 
(One to fill) 

LANCASTER, PA. 
Colonial . . 
2d half (2-5) 
Gaines Bros 
Loveriberg Sis 
(Three to fill) • 

LAWR'NCE. MASS. 
Empire - 
2d half (2-5) 
Monologlst - 
Del Ortos 

Gardner & Dunham 
Remnants' 
Bway Kiddie Rev 

MMA, O. 
Keith's 
2d half (2-5) 
Brown' Derby Orch 
Frank Stafford 
EnoB Frasere 
(Two to nil) 

LOCKI'ORT, N, T. 
■' I'alace 
ad half (2-6) 
Bob Hall 
Valdo Mears & V 
E & J Brown. 
(Two to fill) 

L'O BRANCH. N.J, 

' . Nutloanl 

- 2d half': (2:6) 
"May- jJoyce - —- ^---^^ - 



NEW ENGLAND 

.Sixty Theatres in New England, Inclos- 
ing Sundays, Split Weeks. Full Weeks,. 
•IVesniitailons" and Caba.rcsts, are 

WAVrEBS, DESlSn & FRISCO. 
30« S'tunrt Street, Ilostoh, Muss. 

Phono llancoek 2666 . 



n 

M an. 



HACKENS'CK N.J. 
■ Lyric '' ■ . 
2d half .(2-5) 
Biny Abbott 
Swor Si Maley 
Flo Redfold 
(Two to nil) . 

HABRISBUG, PA. 
Majestic 

'2d , half (2-6). 
Frakson ' - - 
Irene Rlciirdo 
Dance P^lafhea 
Family Ford 
(One to nil) 
HABTFORIJ. CT. 
Capitol 
-_==.2 ,1-=! I al f -=(.2^5.)=^^ 
ChapeMe Sc <"arlton 
Corner Drug Store 
.M,fCool Si lioolu 
K'-vu'' Kantusy 
Zuhn & '/.xjhn 
. Stanl"y 'V^''*!!' 
I'iilace 

. 2d ii.-iif (2-r.) . 

CoMfioi'iiliian 4. 



Wood & "Violet V 
(Three to.fill) 

LOmSV'LE, MASS. 

Keitli's 

2d Jsalf (2-5) 
She'rry-MattiHon 
Fisher & Ollmore . 
Mayo & Lynn 
The AgemoB 
(One to nil.) • 
. 1st half (6-8) 
On T6ur ' 
Wels' elephants 
Wm Kenne'ly 
Harry J'llHin 
(Two to Mil) 

2d half 13-12) 
Berrens Sc Fytt 
Goode Sc LeIghton 
-E^&f^tj=F« i;-' I ru^=^.r=.— 
(Three, to fill) 

LOWKI T-. MASS. 
IveidrH 
.2d .hit'f (2-D) , 

kenney Carvctt Co 
Wilbur Maek Co 
Vvoi'ini" & Victor 
liuHer & Parker^ 



(CoritlTiiK.'U on page 63) 



48 VARIETY 



W O M E N' S PAGE 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



GRAY MATT ER 

By MOLLIE GRAY 

(TOMMY GRAY'a SISTER) 



,v At the Palace 

It's time the women got in on tUIS' 
"Good ■Will" wave. If Lily Morris, 
at the Palace, doesn't accomplish 
something In that line, for England, 
It 'can*t be done. She vyould make 
even an Irishman think more kind- 
ly of th« - step -mother country. 
Christmas has just arrived for the 
Palace' patrons and -probably the 
circuit. Her White cirepe frock with 
Us crystai fringe in long points on 
bodice and skirt , was most becom- 
ing to- hen but wa:s. probably for- 
gotten in the laughs that kept fol- 
lowing it. 

Ella Shields was as pei-fectly at. 
hiime Monday in her various tux- 
edos ahd frock coats as she was in 
her delivery. She is polished and 
appreciated as such. 

Moss and Fontana were, the eye- 
fillers which Included the set witii 
its gold and black hangings deco- 
rated with black and silver crests. 
MlsB Moss' white, curled ostrich 
gown was received with applause by 
the audience. The previous costume 
of g;old color net with silk ; flowers 
in deep shades of blue and orange 
appllqued and white beaded flowers 
betweeii and finished with a hem of 
the net was a novelty in. this os- 
trich age. 

Mills and Goodwin, w^Oiose fine 
voices blend soothingly, made an 
artistic pair with their black velvet 
robes de style, trimmed and lined 



with .silver, a largo bowknot in the 
center having rhinestones added to 
it. '"'hoir stockings were black with, 
the silver slippers. Remarkable 
voices, deserved more of an audi- 
ence than , they had in the early 
spot. . 

Naturally, for a nationally fumed 
house, billing like "Dancing Col- 
leens" wouldn't' be aristocratic 
enough, so they have become "The 
Tarasof-De Valery Girls, and re- 
moving the green patch completes 
the disguise. Costumes of ruffles 
alternating purple and rose were 
also a concession to the honor of 
opfenihg the Palace. 

The sketch, ."The Man Who 
Laughed," played by Sessue Haya- 
kawa, was the only one who could^ 
be said to get any pleasure or en- 
tertainment out of It. Lucille Lor- 
tel as the girl, in green velvet and 
colored fringe, aroused no feeling 
except Impatience. 



At the State ; 

,Club Anatole; Revue didn't create 
ihuch •excitement at the State Mon- 
day, but not due to any lack of ef- 
fort by the girls. Their first cos- 
tumes were white-rK)nce. Later ones 
for a song revival that found most 
of the customers, with, poor me.mbv. 
ries were pretty, especially a rose- 
petaled one with ropes of roses car- 
ried a.nd a, green taffeta trimmed 
with tiny rosebuds. Miss Hayes In 
gold lace and gold curls . managed 
laome difllcult toe dancing gracefully. 



Barbara Stanwyck 
Spuriis Picture Offer 



Barbara Stanwyck, in "Bur- 
lesque," Arthur Hopkins' cur- 
rent hit on Broadway, informed 
Harry Rapf she did not care to 
vienture into plcturedon?. 

■ Mr. Rapf was in New York 
the past two weeks. He is an 
influential producing executive 
ifor Metro -Gold Wyn- Mayer. Af- 
ter seeing Miss Stanwyck oh 
the stage he sent for the young 
woman; and largely surprised 
upon hearing, her flat refusal 
to ..consider a camera proposi- 
tion. ' • 

Miss Stanwyck, is reported 
swearing only by Mr. Hopkins. 
She Is. undergoing several 
courses of study, froni ac- 
counts, laid out for her by the 
producer of "Burlesque," as a 
prelude to her future stage 
career. 

Before going: on the legiti- 
mate stage. Miss Stanwyck 
was Rubye Stevens of the 
cabarets. Her flrst show role, 
waa in "The Noose" laat sea-, 
son. 



New Zealand Girl, 17, 

Comes Over to Act 

lios Angeles, Jan. 31. . 

Dale Austen, 17, of Dunnedin, New 
Zealand, winner of a film star con- 
test of that country, has arrived 
here to fulfill a contract at the M- 
G-M studios in Culver City. 

Special greetings were accorded 
her upon arrival, 



ALONG THE LINE 



Ly« de Putti— and Griffith 

Some girls Just won't learn. 
There's little Lya de Putti. Lya made 
a wallop of an Inipression ^Vhe^) she 
first . hit Broadway in "Variety." 
Highbrows pronounced her beauty 
"sinister." She acted. Everybody 
thought , of' Ppla Negri. 

They're still, thinking of Pola, see- 
ing Lya In the current "Buck Pri- 
vates," at the Colony. Lya has 
turned ingenue. She has as much 
menace as Mack , Sennett . used to 
give his slapstick girls. She dbes 
nothing but cast arch looks at the 
hero and dress up In boys' clothes 
to get: in a motorcycle chase. It's 
about as bad a case of miscasting 
as has been shown In years. For 
Lya. 

But all of this isn't fair to Lya. 
Despite whatever Inside stuff there 
may be, that girl has not had a 
break. Perhaps she needs a Jan- 
nlhgs or a Dupont. But what they 
did might have been done by bthers. 

Not D. W. Griffith, however; who 
smothered this foreign girl In "Sor- 
rows of Satan." What Grimth did 
to Lya in that picture was a, pity. 
D. W. must have known or knows 
It, and ithe least he could do to re- 
trieve himself with Lya is to take 
her in hand for another picture. 
She must be there and should have 
her chance. 

This girl with Jannings would be 
heard froni all of. the time. And if 
you don't, think so, see Evelyn Brent 
in "The"- Last Command" or think 
of Lya de PuttI In "Variety." She 
has had everything since over here 
but Dupont-dlrectioh and what she 
has had otherwise she had before 
coming over. 



But there are so few Jannings! 

And Griffith came pretty near 
puttin<, on the finishing touch for 
de PuttI, as far as; Hollywood was 
conqernedj in his "Sorrows of Sa- 
tan" that also had Carol Dempster 
as Its leading woman. 



Press Stuff for Tabs 

Few of the picture press agents 
in town consider the tabloid re- 
quirements in getting out their 
press stuff. 'T'hey send out minor 
stories two pages long and with the 
news burled in the last paragraph. 
A full-size sheet sometimes has 
roonri for such fan-fare, and they 
get in. 

One paragraph is a lot of space 
on a tab. There's seldom, time to 
read all the tripe, let along tinker 
with It. Press stuff is good and 
useful if It's gotten up from the 
angle of what the paper can use, 
instead of in yards. 



Hottest Thing in- Town 

The stills of "The Wedding 
Ma,rch" are the hottest things to hit 
town since the Atlantic fleet. One 
shows an officer biting a dancing- 
girl's arm. One has a gal with 
padlocks on her tin step-rins. With 
all the cutting on the picture, such 
spots might go the way of all ader 
nolds. But Eric must.have had theih 
In the original hundred reels. 

And the story is. supposed to 
prove that women should marry for 
love; 



Desiree Tabor in Pa. 
Deslree Tabor, prima of the "Cir- 
cus Princess," Is vacationing in the 
Pennsylvania mountainis near a 
hideaway burg known, to the postal 
authorities as Freeland. 



GOLD 



IMEDAL 



6'. 



BLUE -RIBBON^ LI STv 



coi^uMN 



S LI O I> - .\ N n ^ D I IV E 



ACCESSORIES 



S. MICHEL 

Band-Hade Llnseiie and MeeliffeM 
' ExcluHlve: — Inexpensive— Original 
' Special Sizes Made-to-Order 
Heckscher Bulldlnc 
• WMt 56tb St. Circle 6330 



The UTTIEJOHNS Rhinestones 

Anything in Rhinestones 

Also PKRFECT .Machine tor Setting 
ffB4 West 46tta St. Cblckerlng 7720 , 



DESIGNERS 



CARMINE VITOLO 

Art Director 
PVDLIX THEATRK STVDIOS 



WATSON BARRATT 

ART DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER 



BEAUTY CULTURE 
REDUCE SCIENTHTGALLY 

XpOK jaang. mVilj yoxmg, BE young 
Resnlts AKflurcd— Rales Reasonable 
SALLY WOLFE INSTITUTE 
685 >Ve8t End Ave., New York 

Schuyler 8801 Cor. 88th St. 

■PTTITTOir Results 
UJUUUl/iU CuHmntecd 
Ne starvation diet — No ditncult oxerctses 

^jack O'BRIEN 

Boom 810, 164 Nassan Beekman 9125 
Uptown, 1668 B'way at 61st Circle 0466 



CLEANERS 



mscH 

Theatrical Cleaner and Dyer 

Work Done Overnight • 
Ooods Called for and Delivered 
IIS W. 47tii St. Lackawanna 38»S 



COSTUMES 

EA^scoiruSFco; 

Costumes of Every Description 
- For Every Occasion 
. no West Forty-Sixth Street 



DRAPERIES 



I. WEISS & SONS 

Oartalns Draperies — Fornltnre 

—for— .• 
A^rV REQUIREMICNT 
6M W. 4Srd St. Lack leZO-SO 



NOVELTY SCENIC STUDIOS 

Draperies, 6cetiery> Stage Settings 
West 41iit St. Luck. 9233 



EVERYTHING IN DRAPES 

for Motion Pietures and Theatres 

National Theatre Supply Co. 

ISM Broadwar U<7. 2480 



TRIMMINGS 
CofllolMttted Trimniingr Co;rIiic. 

Manufacturers and Deaigners 

Fpholstery & Drapery Trimmings 



t7-3S West 23d St. 



DESIGNERS 



JOHN WENGER 

▲it Director and Designer of N. T. 
Productions ahd 
MOTION PICTUBK FBRSENTATIONS 
9m Stk At*. Columbas 46«» 



of 



SHUBERT PRODUCTIONS 



FABRICS 
DAZlSirSc. 

THEATRICAL OOODS 
Bryant 1062-3937-6177 
142-144 West Forty-Fonrth Street 



MAHARAM TEXTILE CO.. Inc. 

UnnHottl 

SCENERY AND .COSTUME FABRICS 

from onr own mills. Bryant 2511 - 
107 W 48th St. Opp. Friani' Clab 



MENDELSOHN'S TEXTILE CORF. 

THEATRICAL FABRICS. 
Silks— Tinsels — Plushes 
166 W. 4Btli St.. Bry. 7372-6284 



FLORISTS 

'I'lie Apiirofirliite Gift 
A. WARENDORFF. INO 
Hotel AHfor Latik. flSOS 

- - - FIJ F^ : , 



BLUMENFIELD'S 

Fur Coats cleaned, Riaxod and rellned, $20 

S!tor.a(je and Remodeling 
Caferln^ to' thrj Profoaalon 
204 State-Lfike Rklg., Chicago 
Phone Denrbom 1253 



GOWNS RENTED 

GOWNS and WRAPS of EVERY DESCRIPTION' 
Rented For All OccaBlons 

Widest Silpc-llon. ExrlusWe Dtalmii anil 
VERY MODKKATB , RATKS — Tou Will Find 

It Intcrestitm (ind Eronnmlrai to Call at 

MME. NAFTAL 
00 West 4nth Street Bryant 0670 



JEWELRY 

1543-4 DItTANT 

E. HEMMENDiNGER, INC. 

JEWKLKRIs 
33 West 40th Street 

LOANS ~ 

On^Diaiii4)n4lM,-^<Tc.iveIry,:;cJb^s.:=jCiathJng,. 
MuHicur InstmnK'nts 

• and All Klnda of Personal 

PAUL KASKEL & SONS 
9 ColanilMi.4 Av., bet. SOtli and dOth Sta. 
Columbus' 1442, 1443, 14H1 



PROPERTIES 



Theatrical Properties Studio 

Preparty Boxti Traveler* Maohaaleal ProH 

. .DAttiliijt._Mnt8 
Preduetlont rurnlshed Complste— Wa Alia Rant 
602 West 44th Street renn. 7377 



LIGHTS 




Display Stag«i 
Lighting Co. 

"A LIGHT FOR 
EVERY PURPOSE" 



3S4-S4* W. 44tll Bit. 



Edwards Electrical Gonstm'n Go. 

Specialists In 
Theatre LIghtbig ft Eleetrlcal Eqalpni't 
The largest, most capable and . best 
equipped organization for this claea 

of work 

Grand Central Terminal. .Mew Tork 



STAGE HARDWARE 



J. R. CLANCT, Ino. 

STAGE HARDWARE 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



LIGHTS 



E-J Electric Installation Co. 

ICIcclrlcal Constnirtlon In Theatres, 
Uotlon Picture Studios and Laboratories 

References; 
Paramount-Famous Player*, Wm. Pox 
Theatres, Loew's' Inc., and B. S. Moss 
Theatres 

166 East 44th St. Murray HIU eV70 



DUWICO 



"KVBBTTHINO ELBCTBICAL 
FOR TliB THEATBB" 
SOS West 41st St. Penn. 246»-tSM 



CHARLES I. NEWTON 

.MoTlne clouils. watar rlpplaa, oceatt wavaa, fall- 
ing anow. TalD, Ore, lllbuilnfl, buttarfUaa, Mrda 
Stereoptlcons. Scloptlcons, SpotUghu- 
244 West 14th Street, New York 
Tal. Chaiiee 2171 All Haw* 



STAGE RIGGING 



PETER CLARK, INC. 

634 West SOth Street 
STAGE EQUIPMENT 
Orchestra^ Organ Console oad Stave 
Elevators. 



THEATRE EQUIPMENT 
Carrier Engineering^ Corporation 

Manufactured Weather 
Air Ctihditlonhig Refrlgemtfon 
' Automatically Controlled - 
39 Cortlnndt St. Rector 3041 



Wittenmeier Machinery Co. 

Manufacturers of 
REFBIOERATINO APPARATUS 
Air Conditioning Apparatus 
.A60'.S00^N.-Spauldlng,.Ave., Chirac*. JCUL 
30 Cburch St., New York 



THEATRE EQUIPMENT 

HEYWOOD- WAKEFIELD 
THEATRE SEATING 

Kew Tork, Chicago, Boston 
and Other Principal Cities 



MUSIC AND MATERIAL 



CHARLES J. WEINSTEIN CO. 

Importers and Makers of 
Crystal riinadellers 
Specializing in ■ 
Theatre LIghtlnr 
2 West 47th St. Bryant lOSS 




Music 
Writing in 

All Its 
Branchea 
160S Broadway 



Allegro Music Printinor Co., Inc. 

Specialists In Bvery Braneb 
of Husic Printing 

S10-S17 W. 47th St. Longaere &4S1 



MANUSCRIPTS 



ACTING PLAYS 

Monologa, Recitations, Drills, Minstrel 
and Vaudeville Jokes and Sketches: 
Ideas for Entertainment.. Catalog 

DRAMATIC PUBLISHING CO., 
642A S. Dearborn St< - Chicago 



SAMUEL rRENCB 

Incorporated 1898 
Oldest Play-Publishers in the World 
T. R. Edwards. Managing Director 

86 West 45th St., NEW YORK. N. T. 



SCENIC CONSTRUCTION 
FRANK DWYER, Inc. 

BUILDERS OF SCENERY 

542 West 55tli St. Columbns 2050 



SCENERY 



SCHAFFNER & SWEET, INC. 

VAUDRVILLE and PRODUCTIONS 
DRAPES and SCENERT 
4B1 First Aye; (2etb St.) - Lex. 0780 



CLEON THROCKMORTON, Inc. 

STUDIO 

T. C. iShlcl. Bus Mgr. 

DESIONI NO^BUILDI NO— P A INTINO 
lOi; West 3d St. iSpring 3067 



YELLENTI 

stage Settings Designed and Executed 

Prom the Script to the Curtain 
NEW ADDRESS 
J4S West 40th St, PENN 782C 



PHYSIOC STUDIOS, Inc. 

M. T. Productions furnished complete 
Denlgnlng — Building — Painting 
Properties, Draperies, etc. 
100-108 Central Park Houtb Circle 4018 



SIMPLEX and POWER'S 
PROJECTORS 

INTERNATIONAL PBOJKCnPOR COIfcP. 
90 Gold Street NBW TQBK 



DE FLESH FLETCHER 

DESIGNER PAINTER 
Boenerr — Stage Settings — Drapee 
Also Rentals 
101 1th At*. (47th 8t.) Bryaat 1S8B 



SCENERY 
EVERYTHING IN SCENERY 

for Motion Pictures and Theatres 

National Theatre Supply Co. 

1600 Broadway Bry. 248* 



LEE LASH STUDIOS 

Harry J. Kuckuck, Gen'l. Mgr. - 

DRAPERIES SCENERT 
Stage Equipment of All Klnda 
1818-1838 Amsterdam Atc Brad. 400T 



^FOB BENT— — 

Scenery, Stage Settings, Decoration 

PREMIER SCENERY STUDIOS 

340 West 41st St. Lock. 0238 



SCHOOLS 
De REVUELT Dance Studios 

Professionals taught for Hotels and Cluba 
Acrobatic, Adarlo, Llntbcrlni. Stratching, Tango, 

WalU, French Apacba. Spanlib Castaoatot 
Routines ahd Bookings 

11 West 86tb St. Schuyler 0031 

American Academy of Dramatic Arta 

The' leading inytitution for Dramatic and 
Expreasional Training In America 

Winter Term begins Jan. 10 
Free catalog describes all conrses 

Secretary, 106 Carnegie Uali, New York 

John Murray Anderson, Robert Mi (ton 

School of the Theatre, and Danre 
A Professional School for Professionali 
Diction, Acting. Dancing of All Types 
Routines Arranged Acts Staged 
128-130 . East- 6«th- at. , ^. Plaza. 46X4 



JACK BLUE 

Supreme Authority oh all' Character 

Song and Dance Impersonations 
Routine* Arranged— Profcailonab Prefarrad 
All kinds of Tap and Fancy Danclna 
231 West 6l8t Street. Columbus 6918 



SUPPLIES 



Rhinestones for Costumes 

.Also machines for netting the stonea 
JewelH-^Bead»— Spangle* 
NELSON IMPORT CO. 
44 West 37th St. Wlseonsl n 1954 

I. J. WYLE & BROS., INC. 

A full line Of Gold and Sliver Brocade^ 
metal Cloths, Gold and Silver Trlm> 
mings, Rhinestones, Spangles. Tlght% 
Opera Hose, etc., for stage co8tunr?eb 
18-20 East 27tb St., New York City 



THEATRICAL TRUNKS 
TAYLOR'S Theatrical TRUNKS 

-Tli«"«tinidnrd trunk - of ^he protessloa- 
Fall line of leather goods 
TAYLOR'S 

116 West 46th St. 



RESTAUr(ANTS 



cm-ummmis^ 



49th St.— Broadway— t4th St. 
Dlnlac, Donclnc^No Cover. Charge 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A R IE T Y 



43 



NEWS FROMJHE DAILIES 

This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- 
»-«hed during the week In the daily papers of New York, Chicago, 
c»n Francisoo, Los Angeles and London, Variety takes no credit 
for these hews ^tems^ each has been rewritten, from a daily paper. 



to tills county. Dumont took action 
to i-ecovtv an unpaid linen bill Mis.s 
Davies is alleged, to have inciirrea. 



coJUTrtB o£ gvaiul theft- and two 
counts of violiitiuR tho coi'iToriHo 
securities act 'Bull was set at 
$10,000. 

F. II. Dun'raii. father of the Pun- 
can Sisters, filod suit, in supi-rior 
court for $7,1S8 af;;unst Lufillo Col- 
vin, family frlond. IHuioan olamis 
, the amount is duo "him for inanap- 
allpges the surii due for | ins lu.<r . properly and luindhnj; her 

affairs. 



NEW YORK I 

Soml-offlcial British film produc- 
tion. ''Battles of Coronel nnd Falk^ 
rimV' arrived in New York, one of 
fi^J^t Di'ctures to make new bid for 
American market. Private showing 
.^"Sitzer HalL^F^^^^^ booked for 
Cameo Feb. 11 . 

Publicity for.'"A Free Soul" was 
keot alive by- a neat play on , t^e 
Sibi ty of trouble with Equity 
when William A. Brady atepppd into 
Sster lx)nergan's role. When that 
^^as exhausted Brady applied' for 
membership, in the organization, 
giving a new a ngle, 

Tabloids jumped to a story about 
Tack Ostermah's tempestuous epi-: 
fiode from the Gasa Lopez, when, as 
master of ceriemonies, he is alleged 
to iiave become involved with a rich 
woman patron, starting with table 
banter and ending with angry argu- 
• ihent. . 

Lucille Pryor, "Follies" girl, paid 
line in Traffic Court for .running 
past stop Signs, and the tabs built it 
up for a rave about "Beauty's mind 
on her t>oy frie nd." • 

. More infringement suits over "The 
Spider." Philip Hum and Percy 
Morgan, Jr.. allege in Federal court 
action that their play, :"The Evil 
Hour." filed with the Authors 



"negotiations are expected, to be 
succes.sfully c(jn\i)^lfvttd orTor before 
Wednesday" \F\Ti): ,1),^ when the 



Frank Schumann-Hcink, son of 
li:rue.stinc Schumanri-Heink, opera 
singer, is boine,- sued in niunioipal 
court by Kdward L. Conroy, ropro- 
Henting the Screen Library Servieo, 
for $1.16. 

Conroy 
services. 



Joseph Jefferson O'Neill, a num- 
ber of years ago.- star rcp.ortor. of 

Sch^ohii;:;; option on' the Pou'drc^^it h'^e ;^ew York^ . 
exnirpq upd for three yoavs doing scenario 

(.Apucs. . ■ • . •-.[•ouf .,here,..'is writine a_jaaily /tl«,tuve. 

Richard Eon 
alimony sui 

Adrionne Morri.soh. how the wife of 
Eric Pinker, dramatic critic. Actor 
was up on an' order to show cause 
why a receiver .should not be ap- 
pointed to take charge of his hold- 
ings. 



■ Mrs. Maybello Eaves Kent has 
booii gvanlod an . interlocutory di- 
vorce from Sidney .K. Kent-, pen- 
oral nianaper of Paramount Ptudios. 
by Judge 13owrun in superior court. 



Dennett aomnromisGd the "t^'i'y -on- the William Edward J Iiek- hjecree wa.s given oiv^v charge of 
lir of h^^ fr^Zf^v^^^^^^^^ murder trial for ahe "Evening ion which Mrs. Kent said oe^ 

r!.L°/.J'.^.I~."!5l;,rJ^f; I world." . - . Uurred in 1925, Kent agreed to set- 

- , flo $140,000 on his wife and estab- 

The- next ■ western Ken Maynard h[^i{ a $40,000 trust fund for-^ their 
will nialie for First National is "The rt:^y^,),t<?v Peggy. Mrs. Kent, receives 
1 Upland Rider." ■ It's from, an orig- the custody of the -child. Action 
inai by Marion Jackson. ; w.i.s hot oohtc-^tod. 

Dr. William D. Duane, .sciemist . ..j^oun^^ -i^y n(uimV' will be the 
and writer, near death in the Gen- fi^j^i roloase' title of Hal Roach's 
eral hospital here, w-as dffertd aid | ijitpf-t :^tax IV.ividson comedy for 

M-G-M distribution. Former title 



Statistics from Etiuity: Thirty 
disi)utos arl>itratcd from April 1, 

1927, to Jan. 1, 1928. . Awards given 1 fj-om Colleen Moore AVhen she 
to. actors in 20 cases, to managers learned of his. condition. Dr;, Duane 
in nine, and one was compromised, I has been ill for several week.'?. Doc 
Highest award was $26,000 in favor | tors hold out little hope for' him 
of an actor. ^ I Among his scicntiflc works is a 

brand of perfume, that hears Colleen 
Theati'ical scenery and properties | Moore's name, 
belongiiig to A. H; Woods were de 
stroyed .in a $'75,000 fire at 537r539 
West 24th street. Used as a, store 
house by the producer, 



was ^'Laugh That Off." 



unless they jiro i>e>.-i.,in "thaT. therft 
Is .^(nneone resiionsii-.l.^ h' hind it V , 
Sanio attitude in iitlier hotols. (J. 'R. 
Ileffernan, the -orh'anizi'r," is plaU-. 
nimr two- bi«? meetings I'l''.' -the- 
blips'" iu tho -n.i'.ir fumro. 

Thou.-i.-inds. o£ diill.u's' im "'h cf 
unolaiuieil merchand;-;i\ shu>p>-'l 
Chlengo via pareel po.-t, and iil.-lud- 
iig everything .from t^r.ipe ., •i.-<^ .to ■ 
insoet. powder, was auetiou. d off in. 
tho United Slates Apprais« rs- ..stores 
building last wof^k. , t^ev.T.il vieture 
reeUs' went under the \lia miner at $3 
each.-. 

Albert Smith, .04, of the White 
House Tavern at Niles Center, was 
-hot and killed by three ■ youthful 
bandits jau; 22. Mis brother, Mau- 
vifo, owner, of tho ostablishmerit,. 
was knocked unconscious. The men 
made their getaw.ay without stop- 
ping to rille the cash register. 

. Crossed wires are believed to 
have caused the blaze which com- 
pletely rav-ed the historic >;ilos Tav- 
ern at .\lios. 111.. Jan. 23. . It was 
ownicd bv Mike o'Boyle. Ixjss esti- 
mated at $a0v000.. ■■ 



Walter Damrosch was 66 Monday 
He was feted in Indianapolis where 
he was appearing in a concert. 



Maurice Kussell, who . staged "A 
Connecticut Yankee," at the Mayan, 
is also playing the leadirtg role, in it, 
Before going in for production Kus- 
.sell was in vaude and musical com- 
edy. He is a dancer and comedian. 



Don.ild Davis, son of Owen Davis 
plavwright has admitted separation 
from his wife, the former Marjone 
Durr. " She returned to her home in 
New York. Davis said he hopes for- 
a reconciliation. 



Par- 



Ralph Coder, director at 
amount, i.s charged with cruelty in a 
divorce suit tiled by his wife. Ehza.- 
She also claims he 



Samuel Crowder, negro spirit 
medium," was tliund dead in hi3 
room.s at 3G45 Indiana avenue with 
his throat slit from -eat' to .ear.- 
Ton.ihts told police that he had been 
showing, rooms for rent to. a, man., 
who is believed to have robbed ana 
then murdered him. 



beth Cecler. 



' Andreas Pavley, herid of the Pav«<. 
ley-Oukransky ballet, at the Chicago 
Opoi-a, has become a naturanze^ 

I uciii v-v."...-.. — — ^ .,1 \merican Pavley is a native- of 

William Nigh, picture director, is gtaped drunken parties at home ami ^j^jg country 10 years. 

Huntet College, New York, has in- . facing charges in Los Ahg^^^ 
augurated the first cdllege-cbur.se in hacking a former football star wh^le ^i^.g^tor earns $350 a .we*!k, an<^l 
dramatic criticism, beginnihg Feb; 6 in. Riverside, Cal., there is a $25,000 alibiony -of $175 weekly. CQiUi 
and continuing Monday and Wednos- damage suit brought against him. by paying alimony . to a previous? 
day evenings. Jo.seph ''T, Shipley is i JIarold^.^enedlc^^^ - . - 

in charge, 



SAN FRANCISCO 



tboda. Hot Springs, Co. 

In both cases" Jean Jarvis, Holly 

City police raided ; the Oxford I dancer, figures^. Nigh, it. is at- 



League July, 1924, Plaintiffs swear ciub 72^We^t SlSt' street MondaV leged by Benedict, wrecked the lat- 

«fei? ^.ork ^Ws submitted to Albert ^lub ^l.^^^'^^^^lst Jiee^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ he couldn't, teir him 

Lewis and Sam H.JiaiTis, producers "'f "^-.^^^^^^ find Miss Jarvis. Then, 
of "The Spider." Suit is for $250,000 > '^^'^^ arresiea, 
and an Injunction and accounting. 



where to find Miss Jarvis. 
when poljKze -failed to find a- regis- I "''^ 
tration .c4rd-in the machine; Bene- op<= 



, Dr. F. L. R. Silvey of Universal 
Irving Thalberg, M-G-M execu- city, fiance of Mrs. Gehevieve Pad- 
tive and his- wife, Norma Shearer, kj^j^jjo^.Q^ former wife .of Ben Teal, 
scrben actress,, sail from. New York Ltf^pp director .and producer, renuest^ 
oh the. "Mauretania" Feb. 21 for a warden Holohan of San Quentm, 
three- month lion ej'moon trip to Eu- Uvii<;re the woman is now doing a 

term for larceny,, that hje^ be per^ 
niittod to marry Mrs. Phddl6fpi*d;. 




Charlie Chaplin sued First 
tional and F. N. Exhibitors' . C 

f^rh,!?fi nV hti nictuie their reactions to 

V^}y^^'^'}.±t%'^:^o:}'%'^ Ar,.,i^,\V.r I love, scenes from Greta Garbo-John 

Gilbert _films at . the Embassy the 
atre. 



from Decemberi 1920, to December, 
1925. 



ifni- d-ivorco claiming he was too posed to Mr.s.. Paddleford by tele- 
Roy GULsti, known on the screen Joi aivore^^^^^ .former wife of gvam, with his offer . accepted. Her 

s Roy.D'Arcy, will appear bef ore g i«n/"y Y^^^^^^ ^" ienten..-e of from one to 10 years 

!„Tiori-nr Pniirt .Tiifiirr. T?f>pehRr Feb. i^t>"'J feunuaj , ji. 'will preclude any possibility of mar- 



„m- .> -. I Superior Court Judge Beechei' Feb, 

The ' Times ' used an even I 3 answer his. wife's alimony plea 



Harry Lauder's memoirs, by the g>l"i»n humorous commen^ askg $1,600 a r.ionth alimony 

Scotch comedian him.self. began to Prof, recorded the girls' blood pres- ' - -.^ 

appear in the "Saturday Evening sure while the films were running 
Post" Jan, 20, perfectly timed for on an instrument called a"sphyg 
the beginnihg of his fifth American I monometer. 



tour. He arrived on the Aquitania 
last Thursday. 



Illness of Eddie Cantor with pleu- 
risy prevented the Philadelphia 
opening of "The Follies," and the 
show was disbanded. The come- 



Eddle Foy's autobiography, 
"Clowning Through Life" (B, P. 
Button & Co.), wi'ltten by the comic dian wag near collapse during the 
in coUahoration with Alvin Hiarlow, performance in Newark Saturday 
-got a break on publication, '^'he evening. He will go south to recu- 
"Times" picked out an incldeiii for perate. . 

new.<3 display, detailing how Eddle'^s ■'■ 

• Lizzie was once stalled at Broadway The . estate of Victor Herbert's 
and 54th street and. Henry Ford widow amounts to $290,734, accord - 
himself came out of Ihe Ford agency. ling to an appraisal^ filed tliis week, 
at that point and cranked it for him, Witmark" & Sons, publishers, filed 

an affidavit declaring royalties have 
George M. Cohan, whom Spring- shrunk to $10,000 a year on the corn- 
field claims, as a' home towner, was | poser's worlcs. 
toastmaster at the dinner of the 
Rhode Island society .where Tie was 
joshed to a fare-ye-well by Mayor 
Dunne and other . speakers. 



and $2,500 attorney fees. D'Arcy 
sued for divorce about a month ago. 
Charging cruelty. 

Myrtle Valsted, 17, "Miss Chicago" 
in the annual Atlantib City pageant, 
arrived in Hollywood with an eye 
for the kleigs. Accompanied by 
mother. 



LOS ANGELES 



Pictures of Maxine Brown, dancer, 
were broadcast by the syndicates 
with article saying she might never 



Dorothy Mackaye. actress, under 
sentence of one to three years in 
prison in connection with conceal 



spine. 



witn arucie aay 'V;°v to her Inff facts in the death .of her hus- 

dance, again owing to injury to her | Raymond, filed her 

appeal before the California sut-: 

. rtf KflHftTial I Prfrme court. Action on the appeal 

IBo^T^t S!e waworl IS expected t. be taken by F.b. 11 

ir/oSt'o/iyuSiroptSi? Si Mary Mi,es Mlnter..s back In X..3 



She 



Devil," among others, got a verdict ve^opment con^ 
for $500 in her $50.0.00 «"it aga nst Pictuie Peo^^^^^^^ 
a New York motorist who ran into I erty at uuiiirog iuih*.. 



Mary • Astor will bo married to 
Kenneth Hawks, production super 



C C Pyle has a scheme of a riage for some ..time. . 

?^/'^U^'e^l^^^tj"^$^? <Sc^^: superior court. Jud^ C^aha^ is. 

Sd a SrsfcISS prize o'f 5^^*000, The sued 1^^^ ^LYS^Kcl y " whSS 

trip to be made within -65 days with .widow *J^^cently, thus put- 

Pyle to get his . through Publicity death^ occm^i^^^^^^^ ^^^P 

stunts, etc, | st.irted by Thomas D. Curtln, son of 

the former fighter. 

Holy City, a religious colony about 
75 miles south of here In the Sant^ 



CHICAGO 



Acting Chairman Sykes of the K^^.yjj mountains, is in financial. diffl 
Federal Radio Commission has ae- j gy^y -phe entire estate vvas at- 



vigor at Fox studios Feb 23 at the clared that there are too many radio tj^^hed by Mrs, Evelyn Rosehcranta 
bride's horn© in Hollywood „*„4.,-«^o 4« r-hioatrm I t a^^^i^^ sh^ ftii*»jrps breach 



Two suspects In tjie recent hold- 
up of Jack Dempsey's Barbaro Hotel 
Cafe have been picked up by police. 
One, giving his name- as Richard D. 
Dalton', was artest^d in Dayton. O.. 
and confessed to the robbery. An- 
other, Andrew Johns, is. In custody 
here. The. job wag done by three 
men, who obtained. $175 from' the 
cash register in the cafe. 

Prolonged litigation in the di- 
vorce suit against Earl L Frdser, 
millionaire amusement man of 
Ocean Park, ended with Superior 
Court Judge Montgomery granting 
Mrs, Lillian FraSer an Interlocu- 
tory decree. Grounds were mental 
and physical, cruelty. 



her on the street. 



pah, Nev. 



J. C, Will iamson b^ght Australian 
rights' to "The Five aCIocmSlrl,"^ 
current at the 44th Sti'eet. 



Anne M6redith.. forrrier American I vjoi-walk last October. • He was ae 
actress, .became Lady .Sackville- , „ ^.j^ .j.|^,jijyp_j criminal*, havin 
AVest,. when her husband, Major- .| ^ .^.^^.j^g iY^ ^l^yee penitentiaries 



Dale Budlong, 30, former . jockey, 
was-sent^nccd to •Folgom-prison Jor 

life by Superior Court Judge Charles 
W, Frlcke after a^jury fuond him 
guilty of . committiii" burglary m 
- - . — . jjg was de- 



Jamea Ponla Spencer, Hawaiian 
screen actor and stunt swimmer, has 
not been regular iii his alimony 
allowances according to Mrs. Ernia 
R. Spencer, from whom he was di- 

^. vorced in 1926. She. brought the 

coii'troTled by I matter up for adjustment before Su- 
perior Court Judge Bowron, who 
continued the case for further evi- 
dence. 

ob- 



stations In Chicago 



of Los Angeles. She alleges breach 
of promise to wed, made by WlUiana 



Entire personnel of the *-n'P»BO Riker, head of the colony 



Opera left Chicago .Sunday for Bos- 
ton. 

Davll* Rosenthal and Earl Camp- 
bell, ticket scalpers, were arrested 
on the second day of an antl-scalp- 
ing campaign. Six specs were ar- 
rested Jan, 26, opening day of drive. 

Mayor Thompson will head a 
party of more, than 400 Chicagoans 
on a trip to New Orleans Jan, 31. 
The party will attend a four-day 
flood control conference and the in 



Another blow that hit . the colony 
was word from the Federal Radio 
Commission that' It wlU not renew 
its broadcast station license when 
it expires March 16; due to neces- 
pitv of eliminating about 300 sta^ 
tlons throughout the country, 

LONDON 



Keble Howard's now farce, "Lord 
Babs," comes to the Vaudeville Jan. 
cldental'hora^ ja-alal matches 1 26, succeeding "Sylvia," 

anr/estiva^s , -. Billy Merson Is the star, supported 

by Stephanie Stephens, Alice O Day, 

Guarantors of the Chicago ppera Hermione BaddclCJ^ ^Charles Garry, 
held the bag this year to the tune a, H. Mfiyne. Bert Edward.s Francis 
of $450,000, . Ross-Campbell. Lawr ence Anderson. 

Peace lias been declared between oiga Lindo. a discovery of Rean- 

Irene Castle McLaughlin. . former doan. Ltd., who has made her name 

dancer and Dr. Arnold H. Kegel, oh ie fly in "had girl" parts, is going 

city health officer. The two notables into management on "er own,_ nay- 
were waging a war over Kegel's re- 



Gon, Sir Charles jSacRville-West, 
succedod to the barony upon the 
death of his brother. Lord Sackvillo. 



for felonies. 



. Citv Prosecutor E. J, Lickley is. »i nn rrnri 

She was Anne Meredith. Bigelow, of | ujunChing war against .slot machines j imating ;nuu,«uu. 

Boston, 



Mrs. Mildred E, Williams 
tained an interlocutory . decree of. 
(3 i VOTCe~f rohr :"irranlc "^Ilh;- - W 
motion picture- apDliances Inventor. 
She was given custody of their 
child and half interest .in commun- 
ity property, estimated at $500,000,. 

Mike Goofge. -ti-ansportatlon man-' 
ager of Los Angeles "Herald," who 
•died recently, loft a fortune approi- 



were waging 

cent edict sontoncing all stray dogs 
to death, Kegel has just approved 
an an-angomcnt by Mrs. McLaugh- 
lin W'hereby dogs will ... be turned 
over to the Chlcigo Humane So^ 
ciety, • 



Lillian Walker was sued for 
month's rent . Qf her former New 
York apartment. She said her hus- 
band, from whom she has been sop- 
,ara.ted for 10 years, agred to pay the 
rent and she moved without aware 
of the arrears. 



iri this town. . ■ ; I ,p|^g Kerrick case, irt. which Tom 

-^r„,i.,i-,n Wamnas baby ri<:errick, picture cowboy; was shot 
A.damae Vaughn, .^f-"?^ .*« -dc'ith went to trial for the sec,- 

star Of .1927 a"^,, Mrs. Sarah Korrick. 

Vaughn, screen ^acti'ei,i,,wi^^^^r^ • ^^ly one of five now 

hor former husband Albeit Hm^^^^^ manslaughter. Iris 

'^^n'l^j'i^'thc Bun!;, Anita.Davis, Henry_^Isaboll 



How do they get those dog storlos 
started in the back woods and 
aimed at Broadway? .Even the 
"Times" fell for the Lexington, Ky„ 
y.arn about a police dog condemned 
by the' court for .sho.cp kiliin.tj, wli^f^f^ 
owner proposes to tako on vaude- 
^=:^villfit=to^rais6^moncyL=tQ=.aRlieaLAllQi 
conviction. . 



about a yp^«r ago. xvo l.^n^^^ at the. party end- 

ceremony has been sot. Korrick^s death, were cleared 

take the "larriagc chance Js^ Ruth | in^ 

District Attorney. Her former co- 
defendants aro testifying as wit- 
ness'-s 



New York papers carried S. Z. 
Poli'g statement that the M;ix 
.Schoolman deal had not fallen 
through, Hartford "Courant" printed 
the statement first and correspond- 
f-nts wired it to the metropolitan 
(liiiHes. Poll Is quoted as saying 



Corbin, picture actress. She will 
marry Richard Scott Thornton, in- 
surance man, next June 27. ' 

Lon ClKuiey has bof-n lnvit< d t'> 
write a chapter on makr-'up and_dls- 
guisPH usjid in picture wor lj for th e 
EnoyclopaecTraTCrilannix'ir; 

Marion Davies must appear be- 
fore Pre.Kiding Judge ^^iT^^or Mc - 
Lucas. in superior court, Feb. 11, to 
give her deposition in a suit for 
brought again.st hor by 



J. Stuart Blaokton. former picture 
, producer, pot a suspended .sentence 
, in a San Diego" court after being 
hfined=$100=or-.50.--dafys^in^jiulJ<'r-JL!l 



ing turned herself into a company. 

Next vehicle for Sybil ThOrndlke 
will be "Judith of Lsrao.l," biblical 
play by tho Amerloan, Dr. de Marnay 
Baruoh, Lewis Casson ^ will play 
Ilolofornes in the play, which IS due 
at the Strand Feb, 15. 



Federal judge Carponler is.sued" 
temporary injunctions, again.st 37 
places charged with violation of the 
booze act. Orders restrain owners 
from further violations of the act 
-until permanent injunctions of one 
year's ' duration may be grantofl, 

Good loo.k.s and- ■ driving ability 
aro the prime requisites for a job 
with the Blue Bird Cab Company, 
newly organized, flhicigo taxi firm. 
All of the drivfcr.4 are to hn girls, 
Wear knickers and three arc; on tlift 
job -with prosi)ect3 of 200 in the 
early future. Girls will Work only 
during the day. Five new cabs and 
d'rlver.s arc;' jironiisod' each week, un- 
til a total of 200 cabs are on duty. 



unpaid wage claim filed against 
him by a former employee. P.laek- 
ton promised to pay,' 

Honrv Schumann -Heink, eon of 
Mme Ernestine SchUmann-H'smk. 



giv 

$21,500 



Arrangements h.ave boon com- 
pleted by Samuel . Tnsull for . the 
financing of the Twenty-W aek'^r 
Drive building, <>re(;ted as a perriia- 
nent home, for tin; Chieatro Oikt;i. 
The $20.000.'i00 reftuired was ob- 
tained at less th.'in 6 per cent in- 
terest. Preferred stock in the yen- 
Tul^wtT^/fr'Sold^tn^ehirrtg^^^^^^ 
with an f^ye to making it a purely, 
.filvic. enterprise. 

Bell boys of the Hotel Shra-man 
•have stated -that they- will not join 
the Hell P,oy.s' Protoetive As.socia- 
tion, newly organized local union. 



After a.e.hleving an unlooked-for 
run at four theatres, "Dracula 
clo.sos at the G.'vrriok -Janv „ « 
will be followed by "Tin Gods.'V a 
new play ,bv E. C. MIddleton, author 
of ■'P:fAipJiar's Wife." • . ' ,. 

Eva 5T(jr)ro will play the leading 
role supported, by Ive do . VoeuX . 
Robert Jlorton. Walter Sondes, , 

A new polley is being Introduced 
at the •Evoryniah thoatro. where. 
ohoa)>or prices will prevail and all 
seats are bookable in advance. John 
Galsworthy's. "The Eldest Son is 
tho next production, succeeding A 
Night in J.urie." 

Cl.'iyton and Waller are bringing 
"S;uiee for the fJander" ("The Cnidle 
Snatehers") to the Lyric .Jan. 30 In 
Its considerably altered form", to 
pass the ei'iisor. Th<; three wives are 
pl.'iyed bv Iris T-Toey, ll<-len Haye. 
Nuney P'rice, and ilieir spou.sea by 
Spencer Trevor, Hilton Allen, .Jlobr 
ert rongllsh. 



Amerique and Neville, vaude 
dancers, are ttrnporarily out of 
vaude. fullillin-g a four-week ea^ 
gagement at the Club . Lido.. Boston, 
booked in by Jclin IXiley of the AM 
T, Wilton o/l'ney. • , 



44 



VARIETY 



TIM E S SQUARE 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PALM BEACH 



I'alm Beach, Jan. 28. 

Arthur Hammcrstoin has con- 
sented . to postpone his trip to Ber- 
lin, where- he is planning to produco 
"Rop.e- Marie," to • act as chairman 
of the- manngcrs' cpmmittee arrang- 
ing the ahiiual Kiwariis Club boiie" 
fit at the I'aramount theatre, Feb. 
18. Hammeratein ran the show last 
yiear ~and turned , o%'er more than 
$12>000 to the Kiwanians for undier- 
•privileged children. 
. Joe.. Leblang is Hammerstein's 
chief aide on the committee and has 
gottien behind the show .with, a dev 
terihiiiation to double: the amount 
raised . last season. Any charitable 
affair in which Leblang is inter- 
ested, is . bound to be a success and 
he i.'i out lining up talent a month 
ahead of the ^how. : 

It is . .likely that Al Jolson will 
BiarVe as master . of ceremonies. 
Weber arid Fields, <fexpectOd- here 
shortly, niay be among the acts on 
the bill.. All acts and orchestras 
working night clubs here hixve 
agreed, to appear. ■ 



Tunney's Ignorant Milk 

Gene Tunney, Tex Rickard, Rube 
Goldberg; King Lardner and Gi'ant- 
lahd Rice were , lunching at the 
Paim Beach Country Club Monday.: 
Tunney ordered a ham- sandwich 
and a glass, of milk. 

When waiter brought the chow, 
Tunney asked: 

'.'Say, waiter, is this cultured 
milk?" 

"No, Gene," piped Rube, : "that's 
Ignorant milk from a stupid cow." 

"I don't t^ink much of yoiir hu- 
mor, Rube," retorted. Tunney, car- 
rying the torch. 



Joe '• Letolang got into the third 
flight semi-finals of the annual Lake 
Worth golf tournament this week, 
shooting the course in the early 

Sineties, but was eliminated Thurs- 
ay by W. M; Kelly of Atlantic City. 



•Al Jolsori. got into the' Artists' arid 
Writers' tournament and broke 
through to the second round o£ the 
second fiight matches. He lost his 
third round pasture battle when he 
agreed to toss, a coin instead oi 
playing an extra hole when it was 
all even after the 18 th hole was 
played. He called "head." Clown- 
ing , even in defeat, Al said: ."I lost 
th■fe'mat(^h by a tail." 



Phil Dunning, and George Abbott, 
eollsiborating: playwrights and still 
I>als, canie down .with John Golden 
•and the artists and writers. Duh 
ning,- who riever took a golf lesson 
In his, life, got into the, semi-finals, 
drawing a couple of byes. ^ The 
■writers of "Broadway" and "Co 
q,uette" plan to stay here a couple 
of weeks.. 



publicity honors, but il is cliiir;?o.d 
they violated all cihies by buying 
lunch for the lady reporters most 
of the week.- . These charges are 
i.sod by a number of writers a:id 
sketclnprs, Avho are . also -widely 
known but are' leas liberal in their 
entertainment budget. ' 

The assooiatioh was invited to 
return next j'ear, but ; they left the 
gathering place: open. The • gahsr 
lef.t jjilent.v of jack hei-e, several of 
them having to borrow after their 
first day or two. . The party was 
organized on ;. basiis oC $215 for .th<3 
trip, including American pla.n 
hotels, but some of them, paid that 
niuch in taxi fares. 

Anyhow it was a. gi-eat party, 
promoted by Ray McCiirthy, sports 
exploitation man for the Florida 
East Coast hotels. 



Girls as Come-Ons 



aiinneapplis, Jan. 31. 
.A now stunt is being em- 
l)loyed at local jewelry store 
auctions to pull In male cus- 
tomers. The stores employ 
pretty chorus girls and act- 
resses, out of work, to hang 
around as epme-ons and bid- 
ders; 

Tlie girls are. visible through 
the plate-glass windows. 

As a result the places always 
ar6 crowded and prosperous. . 



JOYS AND GLOOMS OF BROADWAY 



Lucky Stiffs 

Recent arrivals here are Louise 
Grbody. Billie Burke and daughter, 
Patricia, Harry Frazee, Gloria 
fiwanson and husbandi .and Walter 
Reade. Joe Weber is due in from 
Havana today (Tuesday). 



Chez Bouche ' announces . the 
opening: on Thursday of "The 
Masked Countess," exploited as a 
Russian nobleworiian in this coun- 
try ihcogriitp. 



FEDERAL AGENT POSER 



Bartender in O'Leary's Makes Ac- 
cusation—Two Others Fade 



. J.olson's Repartee 

Three newspaper boys tried to in- 
terview. Al Jolson .wliile: he was 
playing tournament golf and 
grabbed themselves a couple of 
laughs.; The interview: 

I'irst newspaper man: "Say, Al, 
what did you ever write to get in 
this, so-called tournament?'! 

Al: "I wrote the Shuberts I was 
coming to Palm Beach." 

Second scribe: "Who's gonna 
win the tournament, Al?" 

Al; "I am, brother, but I don't 
know w'hat I'm going to do with the 
mahogany zither when I get it." 
-Third reporter: "You're not such 
a terrible golfer, are- yoUi^Al?"^-..!^. 

Al: '•'That reminds me of a story; 
I was playing with Walter. Hagen 
out in Hollywood last spring and 
Wi^lter drove his first shot about 
350 yards straight to the pin. A 
mug standing beside, me cracked: 
'Don't you. wish you could , do that, 
Al?' Arid I answfcred: 'Ask Ilngen 
to sing ''Mammy." '. It all evens up 
In tl\e long run." 



Charged with posing, as an in- 
ternal revenue agent and grand lar- 
ceny, James iHarrington, 32, 146 
West 47th street, was held in $1,000 
bail before Magistrate McQuade in 
West Side Court. The case was 
adjourned until Feb. .4. 

According to Wliliam: Q'Leary, 
bartender in Billy's Refreshnient 
Bar, 117 West 54th- street, Harring- 
ton and two unidentified men 
entered the 54th street place, about 
3 . a. m., arinouncing -they were rev- 
enue men. The two unidentified 
told O'Leary to put on his hat and 
coat and accompany them to the 
station house. 

Harrington, O'Leary said,- .re- 
mained behind, opening the cash 
register and taking $52. When the 
two men -who had 0!Leary reached 
7th avenue and 54th street they ap 
parently lost their nerve. When 
O'Leary looked, for a cop, they dis 
appeared. . 

O'Leary rushed back, to. the j^ace 
just in . time, he said, to see Harring 
ton running away. Policeman 
Tliomas Harges, Wpst 47th street 
station, took HP the chase and after 
firing a couple of shots, got Har- 
rington. When searched a. bogus 
badge was found in his possession. 

Harrington denied that, he had 
posed as a federal . officer and also 
denied that he had taken any money 
from the cash register. He said he 
did not know anything about the 
two men who are supposed to have 
taken O'Leary out of the place. 



Jack Hobby, Frier and round 
the^world traveler, is serving his 
fiftii year as assistant manager of 
the Royal Poinciana-, cla.ss hotel of 
the resort. Jack has . sui^ervision 
over the Coconut drove, tlve Danso 
de la Mer and the weekly Cakewalk 
contests i)Ut on by- coin red help of 
the hostelry. . . 



Tlic newspaper arli.sts' and writ 
ers' dinner ' Friday night, following 
their golf toui-nament, Was' turned 
=lnt(^ono=.=aC:..thoii£^-.U]ijam=JlDjLl>^;^^^^^ 
one of the hottest ever seen here. 
Gi'antland Rice called it "the great- 
est, golf tourney ever pourefl.'' 

.Durin.:? the after dinner .speech - 
milking Rube Goldberg raz/.ed Clare 
Brigg.s while Briggs . applied the 
torch to . John Gulden. C.-inards 
wore hurled back and forth across 
the table, canards being polite in 
Florida for d.anm lies. 

Goldberg and Briggs grabbed off 



Negro Porter Fought Gop ; 
Nightstick Did the Rest 

Edward Steele, 22, Negro: porter 
m the Lyric theatre where "Rio 
Rita" is playing, fought. a uniformed 
ipatrolman of the West 47tli street 
station i^or fully 15 miniites in the 
lounge room,^ After effective work 
w'ith his biatori, the patrolman, Wal- 
ter Doebele, of the West 47th street 
station, subdued the Sesnegambian. 

Steele, gin crazed, was taken to 
the police station. Doctor Bloch 
of Bellevue Hospital attended his 
hurts. The patrolmari, a rookie, 
came; very near being throttled by 
the colored niari. who fought like a 
demon; ' ' ' 

The porter, was arraigned in West 
Side Court the following morning 
before Magistrate Francis X. Mc- 
Quade. He pleaded not gniilty. The 
court praised the "rookie's" woirk 
and fined the negro $25 or five days 
in prison. The negro started to do 
his "bit." . : 

Doebele. was summoned to the 
theatre by an ., employee who told 
him the negro was boisterous. As 
the bluecoa;t stepped into the 
lounge room while the crowds of 
men and women were emerginp:, 
the negro leaped on the cop, seizing 
him by the throat. 

The officer sought to free himself 
and in doing so slipped on a cus- 
pidor. The negro fell on top of 
the bluecoalt. The two began to 
Ijattle. No one attempted to help 
the officer, who was handicapped 
with his heavy coat, gun and night 
stick. 

The negro gave his address as 
339 West 59th street. He told 
Magistrate McQuade that he had 
been drinking and didn't , recall the 
battle. 



By N. T. G. 



Had the pleasure of assisting Harry Rapf, of Metro-<3oldwyn-Mayer 
assemble a group of New York beauties for camera tests as a part of 
Harry's search for new riioyie star. M-G-M Is willing to epiend some- 
thing to find another Joan Crawford, our discovery, incidentally, and 
Rapf believes he has at least two girls who can be built up into star 
material, out of the group we brought him. 

Ono is Doree Leslie, dancer, with "Manhattan Mary,'* whom we have 
frequently discussed in these cplumhs. Doree Is only 17, and has been 
working around New York in the Silver Slipper, appearing at openings 
of Loew . theatres and Palisade Park, for four years. She's pretty, and. 
the ^fllm test made her more so. 

Another girl, who prefers to remain nameless, beauty of a local night 
club, also has a splendid chance. Doree Leslie will go to California 
When "Scandals" closes, aiud will get her chance, definitely. The other 
one will probably be sent for when western executives have ' seen her 
test. ■ 

■The film tests showed how exacting is the camera. During the past 
four years we have brought a score of girls to the attention of M-G-M 
producers, including the most famous beauties in New York, and oriljr 
I few developed into, star material. 

We have a; thepry that almost any pretty girl who photographs well 
ind has' film appeal, can be made into a star if the proper interest i* 
taken in her and a powerful company Is determined to make her a star. 

Admitting pur lack of knowledge of intimate details. of film producing, 
\ye point to the fact that we brought several of the present-day stars to 
the attention of film executives. 

There are at least four girls now in New York, who, if given the same 
chance, would develop into stars. " If producers would devote Ume and 
-ittention to them, give them a chance, almost any pretty girl can de- 
velop a tremendous screen ability. 



Repulsed by Hairdresser, 
Girls Are Beaten Up 

• Robert Moore, 38, 462 West 22nd 
street, several years ago a light- 
Weiglit pugilist fighting as Bobby 
Moore, was before Magistrate Earl 
Smith -in- West r'Side-^Court^^ o 
charge of disorderly conduct. After 
pleading guilty he was fined $10. 

ilpore was arrested by poUcemart 
•Bob Rush. West 47th street station, 
on complaint of Muriel Montgomery. 
201 West 54th street, hairdre.sser. 
The girl, acoon>panied,.by.:her sister, 
said they niet Moore in a restaurant 
and lie offered to. accoinpany . tliei^rri 
home in a taxi. .. . 

When reaching the npartmerit: 
house, the sisters said, Moore in- 
sisted, on following them in. They 
ohjectod and he began tp assault 
them, they alleged,. Muriel's right 
eye. was swollen and discolored. The 
other sister was hurt \yheh she tried 
to interfere. 

.During the trouble Muriel lost a 
wi'i.st watch. 

Rush heard the disturbiince and 
arrested Moore on ;Mi.Ms ^[ontgomr 
cry's complaint. Moore deelinod to 
discuss it; He paid the fine, 



Monkeyed on Phone Lock 
CapitoFs Usher's Charge 

Joseph Levine, 23, bookbinder, 17 
West 114th street, was held in $1,500 
bail for further hearing when he 
w:as arraigned before Magistrate 
Earl Smith in West Side Court on 
a charge of malicious mischief. 

Levine was arrested after a chas.e 
In Broadway. -According to Thomas 
Roseth, chief usher in the Capitol 
theatre, he said he saw Levine 
tamperinig with the lock plate of a 
coinbox phone on the mezzanine of 
the theatre. . 

He watched him several minutes 
and said that when he started over 
towards him Levine ran down the 
stairs and into the street. Police- 
man Kelly, Traffic B, at 51st street, 
heard the shouts, of the usher and 
saw Levine running. Kelly caught 
Levine a block away. 

When taken to the station house 
Levine denied that he had been 
tampering with the telephone. Le- 
vine was-held.- — — ^ 



We understand that Bert Wlieeler ik taking biick lessons of Jim Bar- 
ton, Another good comic gone wrong. 



Couldn't Guess Racket 

A rather good-looking brunet girl appeared at the Texas Guinah 
club and asked "Tex for a job. "Tex said . there w;a3 none. Girl said 
she'd work .for nothing. Nothing doing. Then she offered to work as 
cigaret -girl, also for nothing. 

Finally she confessed to. Texas that.she is a newspaper writer from 
Cincinnati,, and had a chance to get a Job on. the "American" if she could 
get a Job in Tex's place and write her personal . experiences. Tex. 
promptly phoned a friend on the sheet and was tpld' by the very nnao 
the girl mentioned as offering her the work that .qhe was an Imposter; 
Tex is wondering what her racket is. 



Good Gags Travel 

Funny how good gags drift around. We heard Shaw and Lee in a 
night club a few days ago using the gag in which one says to the other: 
"What's that on your neck?" 
•'A mole," is the answer. 
"It's walking," Is the reply. 

Looking a,t a vaudeville show in Brooklyn two colored boys stepped 
out and killed 'em with the samr gag. 

^ ■ 

An Indian came Into our radio station to broadcast real Indian musiob 
If there's such a thing* He wore street clothes. Just before he wenit 
before the microphphe he pulled a beaded head band and eagle feather 
out of his pocket and put it on. . 

. That's like the teiibr who, In the old days of radio, came' in the studio 
with a suitcase containing his evening clothes and asked for the dress- 
ing room. - — :— . . 

. Funny, .Anyway 

We were talking abPut our fEU-m to a chorus kid aiid happened to 
mention that our hens were now laying .400 eggs a day. 
"Do they lay on Sunday, too?" asked the kid, Innocently. 
(Jersey is a 6 -day week). 



SEIZE TAB. ADVS? 

Danbury. Conn,, Jan. 31-. 

Placards alluding lo a .feature 
news alovy in one. of tiie New York 
tabloids were seized by -the. New 
Britain' police last week on the 
•grounds they violated a statute 
a.gainst itninnral literature.. 

.The nolices viM'erred lo Ihe eu 
^,'enic bal'y ea^e. 



MANICURE'S ADMISSION 



Kept Company with Married. Un- 
dertaker — Scrap in Apartment 



Violet Cunningham, iPasadena 
Hotel, and Tessie Phillips, 851 We^t 
End avenue, manicurists' In a 
.Broadway barber shop, appeared 
before Majjistrate McQuade in West 
Side Court to complain against 
Vincenxo Pantossi,. undertaker, of 
2242 1st avenue. 

. . The girls said the undertaker and 
a friend came. to. visit them at the 
West End avenue' address. When 
Miss Cunningham wanted to leave 
to go to" a drug store both men re- 
.'^ented it and lieat them with their 
fists, discoloring their faces, the 
young women alleged; 

:Miss Cunningham admitted she 
10t(r\V"pnTif oisKi":wn,B"m arried-and 
two children and despite that, cpn- 
tinued to go out. several times a 
week with liim. When the mapl.s 
trate heard this he dismissed the 
proceedings. 



Erna Carise, Parisian songstres.':, 
is coming- to- America" as a.cafe at- 
traction. T/ou Irwin Is Importing 
her. 



Discovering Talent 

News about an unusual performer, works around. A few hours after 
the opening of Earl Lindsay's new show at the Everglades everyone, on 
the Big Street was talking about, some strange, new little dancer, who 
wowed 'em. Hard-boiled Broadwayltes raved over this little acrobatic 
dancer. Chorus girls came to us a,nd tpld us she was marvellous. 

The next the place was invested with agents and managers trying 
to sign her up. , 

Which reminds us of the New York dehiit of a little comedy toe dancer 
at the Rivoli theatre. The day after her opening five managers tried 
to get her, and Ziegfeld landed her. 

Same way with another star you know. Some years ago we drifted 
into the Back Stage Club and werp flabbergasted at the marvelous 
beauty, singing and personality of a tall, gorgeous slim brunet, who 
crooned sad love songs with half -closed eyes. We thought her the 
greatest stage personality we had seen in years, and told her so. 

The next night she came over to sing at our radio, station. Wliilo 
she was in the Inner studio one of the important mwnbers of the firm 
of Jones & Green came in to try to sign her up for the "Greenwich Vil- 
lage Follies." But she had just signed a contract. The slim beauty's 
name was Helen Morgan. • — ^ — 

.. Qualifications 



Any girl who has gporibbTcsrfigure" aitd l^ 
the stage today, if they have the proper ambition and is Willing to go to 
school, singing and dancing, a few hours eveiT day, plus intelligence. 

For instance, Myrtle Allen was a chorus girl in the Winter ^Garden. 
She went Int^o the Silver Slipper chorus. Studied constantly and be- 
came so good she was taken out of the chorus and did Jiothing but 
specialties. She went to the Frivolity Club, Became a sensation. At- 
tracted. -attention of managers. Played vaudeville. Has just joined a, 
big act for $175 a week and Is offered $300 a week "to go to Australia 
as star of a niUsical show. Arid a year ago she was a chorus- girl. 



Nite Clubs as Cradles Right 

Which reminds us that night clubs are the cradles Of future stars 
of the stage. They offer more opportunity to . ambitious ypung girls 
than does the stage. We co\ild cite innumerable instances, but let us 
just poifit tp Llna Basquette, whom we once placed with Texas Guinan 
in the Beaux Arts; Feon Vanmar, a sensation in "Merry Malones; Irene 
belroy, whp was a star, however, before she went into the El Fey; 
Fi'ances Upton, and her successor, Helen Stephen, both of whom were 
placed in night clubs by us; Alice Bolden, Rubye Keeler, Madelyri Kllleen, 
and scores of others. 

Night clubs encourage girls doing specialties, and the stage offers 
scant opportunity for Individual work. 



.Pa u L.BJack_ Co RRing , Too 



. That Paul Block derives some benefit for his theatrical affiliations is 
indicated by the "brilliance of an editorial regarding Heflin, which ap- 
peared in his Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Newark Star Eagle, and the 
Toledo Blade. Concluding scathing denunciation of the Senator, ho says: 
an empty taxi cab will drive up to the Senate and Heflin will get 

out." 

We remember Jack Donahue pulling that one some four years a.go in 
irome little show ho was in with Queenie Smith at the Harris Theatre, in 
which Norma Ten*iss was A young and struggling Ingenue. Since that 
Ume it has been used, 1,267,856 times In every corner oi^ America. 



Wednesday, February 1, 192flf 



TIM E S SQUARE 



VARIETY 



45 



GREENWICH VILLAGE 



By LEW NEY 

(Self-Designated Mayor of G. V.) 



The church and the theatre have 
much iri common that la proper* 
hnce In a blue moon they get to - 
irether on the same . ground. , Nottr 
rell-ion and pW thought In ncw 
clothes occupy theatres on Sundays; 
lilttle theatre groups sometimes use 
churches for productions, 

Since the lamented . passing of 
Percy SticKney Grant of the Church 
'of the Ascension, for years the Vil- 
locc's church and rector, our liber- 
als have made thomse.lyes at home 
at St Marks-ln-the Bouwerle,,.that 
magnificent : old church standing 
among the synagogues artd the Rus- 
sian restaurants "on 2d avenue. For 
all of 10 years now its rector, 
'William Norman Guthrie, has made 
his rendezvous, popular with people 

■ who thinlc. . ^ , v 

. Last Sunday Doctor Guthrie put 
out the SRO sign again by giving 
over the afternoon and evening to 
a symposium on the drama. It.w^s 
an opportunity many missed by 
coming late to hear Butler Dayen- 
Dort discuss the theatre and its re- 
^tionshlp to- life,. -Mme. Angela 
filkelianos describe : the production 
%t the Delphic Festival last May, 
Jimmie Light In startling revela 
. tions about the Proylncetown Play 
ers and Daniel Frohman. Intimately 
telling his impressions, hopes and 
membries of the American stage. 

Later on this same Sunday an ex- 
bresidcnt's daughter, Margaret WH- 
son, danced iii Highland costume 
' with Isobel White to the priceless, 
literally, pipinff of Angus Fraser. 

Later still, a mystical playlet, 
-The Dog and the Wolf," was given 
under the direction of Dr. Guthrie. 
: Thus does bid St. Marks serve 
New York in general and our Vil- 
lage in particular. . 

William Norman Guthrie himselt 
is a passionate theatregoer: He gives 
gi^atis iconoclastic reviews of the 
Bhows he has seen from his pulpit. 
His kind criticism Is good for the 
box ofllro.. 



Square's Biggest Sign 

. The largest •times square 
electrical, advertising ,, sign, 
Dodge Brothers' tungsten dls-, 
play, which . carries a load of' 
880,855 watts, .goes on the 
books of the .Edison Co. . start- 
ing tonight (Wednesday) - at 
7.30; [ ■ : 

The sign, on the rbdf of the 
Strand, mej^sures 5,500 square 
feet, is a half -block long, five 
stories high, and will use the' 
largest current consumption of 
iny Broadway sign/ 

It Is said, a new principle of 
moving message- or motograph, 
at the . base of the sign is in- 
corporated in the Dodge Bros 
display, which the General 
Outdoor Advertising Co. con 
structed. . ; 



Harry Kemp's Punch 

••^Do you want a good, puhch.?" 
queried Harry Kehip as he em- 
braced me midnight on Sheridan 
square. "Just as a joke, you know, 
liew." ... , , . „ . 

''Harry," I parried meekly. 
punch from yo\i wouldn^t be a. joke 
How about a punchino Instead . 

But the popular poet-novelist 
dramatist was not in a mood, and 
our meeting was the beginning of -an 
hour of wandering around looking 
for lost books and other things Vil- 
. lagers look for when they wander 
around on a wet night, This season 
Harry Kemp is living on,,CorneIla 
street, that one-block alley that 
. shuttles between Fourth and 
Bleecker. His number is unpreferred 
by paranbiaes and other supersti- 
tious persons, 'en 
It's convenient- sometimes for .a 
celebrity to live oh a short street 
like that, served on l^oth . sldes^ f rom 
Chinese laundry to livery stable by 
the same postman. Tou "f^d not 
have the world know in Just wh ch 
one of the 50 entrivnces you . are nld- 
in?' 

Harry Kemp Is working within 
earshot of the "L" these cooliah 
days on a novel that has been or- 
dered and may be out in the spring 
PerbapBiyou have seen him striding 
^^iiTways "bafeheadedly dver^^^t 

Urdang's for. paper and Ink or down 
to Romany Marie's for Turkish cof- 
fee or iip to Tony's .for spaghetti. 
Or, If yon take your exercise. more 
regularly than Frank :■ Sullivan, -^at 
O'Brien's Harry may be taking his 
next to you. 

.Terry Carlin's Back 
Terry Carlin Is back Visiting the 
.Village on his. way to Bermuda; 
Terry who made the old Hell Hole 
famous, Terry who doesn't, believe 
in birth or work. For years he has 
lived with Eugene O'Neill in that 
old life-saving station beyond the 
sand dunes hear Provincetown. If 
Sadakichi Hartmann, Hippolyte 
Havel, Benjamin DoCasscres, the 
late Gig Cook and Slim Martin 
could only nioct Terry again in a 
number of plea.^.ant places a on„ 
Macdougal street! That would be 
a party worth listening in on. 



means are used to get. publicity, and: 
It a a sure-fire hit with city de?ks 
to Announce a reform. 

But it Is stupid to worry about 
Wiping out the color of our Bo- 
hemia, its queer streets and squares 
and courts, its old and stalble build- 
ings, its remodelled-ihto-studios 
stables, , iCs arty atmosphere, its 
Italian restaurants, its little thea- 
tres, its Londonish lanes and,^Pa- 
risian cafes. 

Some cherub is always chiding 
me or perhaps it is. a newspaper 
man from Utlca who grates me with 
the wornout bromide that the Vilr 
lage isn't taken seriously any more, 
that all our writers and artists have 
moved away and that the Village 
is a Joke and the laughing stock of 
the world, the playground of loose 
livers and what not. 

Of course, hone of this Is true, 
not even In part. Most of us are 
top serious to manifest concern 
about wohdering . visitors and dis- 
illusioned climbers. Most of us came 
here to be close to our market and 
to live Irt quarters Wei. could af^ 
ford. Many of us are quite com- 
fortable In abandoned lofts and re- 
modelled mansions where the rent 
is low and the atmosphere hl&h. 

- And Things 
. Until Feb: 15 the 15th Annual 
Art Exhibition of the Association 
for Culture Is. open free till 10 p. rn. 
at the Municipal Art Gallery, Wash - 
ingtoh Irving High School- Building, 
40 Irving place.. , _ 

Dean Dowell has cut 70 linoleum 
blocks the pa.st. iO days for a new 
book of jingles on the circus. And 
still there are many folks who think 
artists never work. It.is much nicer 
to make pictures out . of linoleum 
than to walk on It. . 

Nat Marer of the Laboratory the- 
atre ind Klsie , Kelly of the Van- 
guard Br ess have added four and 
one-half pounds of girl.. Mary Jane, 
to their otherwise exclusive family. 

A Christian Science Church has 
replaced the old paper box factory 
at the tall end of Macdougal street, 
adjoining the Hotel Gonfarone and 
opposite the entrance to the blind 
Macdougal alley. . , 

LIse Fulda of the American Mu- 
seum of Natural History Is enter- 
taining a group of young artists in 
her studio at 17 East 14th street 
Monday evenings,. . The _dolJar-an- 
hour fee for the model is pro-.rated. 

Judge Swan, our popular l>u*l^in« 
owner, has leased a home at 1 Fiftji 
avenue, while Wemer Marchand, 
who merely Sketches buildings, has 
moved to the Bradford. 

Susanne Strouvelle, with daugh- 
ters. Chick and Charm, has. moved 
into the two wee rodms pn the sec- 
ond floor of the -riniest Little 
House, cloeer to her business there. 
It is a rendezvous for rare and ex- 
ploring souts, this tiny tea room, 
and 100 years ago it was, as now, 
one of the most unique buildings in 
all New York. It has a history, too, 
hut that's too- long to tell. 



Saving 2 Hours East 
Between Coast and N. Y. 

Los Angeles, Jan. . 31. . 
• RaiUv.ay 'transportation, between 
Los Angeles .,nd Chicago and point,-? 
oast '^'ill be reduced about two lioot s 
in time suirling M.'M'ch 4. . 

Heretofore the three transconti- 
nental railways', Santa Fe, Southern 
Pacilic anu Union Pacific, have been 
running crack trains on a. 63-houv 
schedule. 

Witli the new timetable tliese 
trains will make the eastbound run 
in ^61 hours, and . IB minutes. 

Westbound schedules will remain 
the same.. 

CURFEW LAW FAN 



'*As long .as I ani. sitting in - this 
court I am going to see that Mayor 
Warner's' Curfew Law Is observed," 
declared Magistrate Francis X. Mc- 
Quade when Hyman (Feet) lidsori. 
Hotel Harding, was arraigned on a 
charge of keeping tlie Florence Club, 

11.7 West 48th street,, open after 3 

a. m. 

Edson was charged.'by policeman 
Patrick Walsh. West 47th street sta- 
tion, with having tlie club open at 
4 a; m; The copper said ho. h^ard. 
there was trouble In the Florence 
Club and, accompanied by a sergeant, 
entered the place; finding about a 
dozen couples. • " 
' Bcisbn explained that there had 
been some argument about a pa- 
tron's fur coat and the reason the 
place remained open was that they 
were trying; to locate It. He said 
the music had. been stopped and all 



Terry Harvey Promoted" 



COLUMBIA PROR 



Doteotivo Tewry Harvey, 
nemesis of the degenerate elc 
iui«nt that make ..their head 
qiiartel-s in the fllni theatres of 
r.roaiUvay, will b* promoted to 
the rank of sergeant. Terry 
mailo the high phowing of 
mnnb.er < iglvt on the new ser 
pe.T^nt's , ll^'t. Over 4,000 Cdps 
took the examination. . 

Harvey,' youiip and full of 
ener.gy, has done excellent 
■work on .Broadway and in tho 
atres whore , this ' disorderly 
element cOMgre.^•ate. He .ha.s 
been- atlarlied to Deputy: Cliief 
Inspector .tames , _S., Bojan's 
staff for some time. ■, 

"When Harvey brings them 
in; he has them right," is the 
concensus of , almost all the 
magiatr.ntes. Harvey has been 
teamed: up with Joe Toomey 
-The In.t ter is a good m.in, 1 ut 
Harvey's services will- be 
missed. 

Wlien Harvey receives his 
chevrons his friends, hope Chat 
he will . be ais.^igned to West 
47,th street, under Captain Ed- 
ward Lennon; 



the entertainers had left,,. He 
stated the persons at the tables 
were friends of the woirnivn who.se 
coat liad' been lost.. 

Magistrate, MoQuade accepted the 
explanation and then issued his ul- 
timatum about the clubs obeying 
the law. Complaint was dismissed. 




BRUNETTES 

Peggy Udeirs Reaction to 
"Love"— Dietz' Reac- 
tion to "Nerve" 



BROADWAY GUIDE 

(Changes Weekly.) 

"ffo'lirahro? bfight'ii intended f.r thds. unm.n.ion.d. Th. list. ..r. 

Capitol— '"The Student Prince.'* ' , ' 

Colony— "Buck Pirates" and Cherniavsky's torrid jazz. 
Paramount— "Old Ironsides," ^ . ^ 
Rialto— ""The Last Command" (Jannings) (run>. ^ „,^ir\ 

Rivoir-"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (okay flicker in last week) . 
Strand— Charles Chaplin's "Circus" (run). ^ , . ' 

: Roxy_'19 , Washington Square" and s trong al^e show. 

NEW SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING 
i<o ■ • "jci!»,hfl^' ^'Wings'' "Jazz Singer" (A Joison) 

^"""-Lovo" (<^Ibert-Garbo) ' "Drums of Love" 



The Parody, with the InimiSibll Clayfon, Jackson and Durante jls the 
feSur4s, ia recSended at all times. Parody also has a girhe show to 

^■^rceit*Lo?ez?TasrLop^ must be "made," only for the l^pez 
dance Susie. New Revue. For a change of pace and a Bohemian atmos- 

^hi^^ t aJd^^sylWa^^^ 
Johnson) should not be Pverlooked for relief purposes for straight dining 

""^hrUUirClSTi' a'^'rsi^oi^^imlfai^deurs; former I. Perro.uet, 

5^'Sil^:^n\VS/c^uV^^^^^ orthe night clu;^ 

wi?h t7rnaway busing. Ben Bern le is doubling from the Roosevelt into 

Tife' dais*'5o^s are the Montmartr, and Lido, the latter with the 

SnS ^uJ'i^^^^ l^^^^^SS^e ^Ln^^e^? 

^^^F^r^'t^c^h'^o'f ^SS^S^llr::^^'^'^^^ t™ Lyman, 
wfrbUng Ti^ b^ ladS at the Salon Royal, now ha..r Texatf .quinan^y 

' '^''S^aSei^^- CottoiT^ 
^^HelenTMorean ha* reopened her new Ch«x Helen .Morflao at the bid 
300. Club. ■ " 



The brunottt>s have it. lOroui, now, : 
oh, gents, grsib the dark one.^, 

-X6. lesfi an aeademlc authority , 
than 13f< William M. Marston of the 
Department of: P.sychology of Co- 
himbla University doped ihat out., 
Howard Dii-tz, that demon pub^ 
lielst .. for Metro-,c;old\Yyn>-.M.ayer, - 
determined for posterity or . LoHie 
Mayer to find whether the peroxides, 
or thei brunettes react th«^.,m.oi3t 
emotionnUy.. to amorous soenrs. 

It was a coincidence thut on 
Monday afternoon this all-impor- 
tant and eminently sclentilic exper- 
iment was hold at the Loew.'s Em-, 
ba.ssy theatre. l=:i|ualiy a coincidence , 
that "Love" is, .current fit tho 1pm- 
bassy, and that "LoVe" is Louie'B 
feature. 

Howard and Bernle Sobel, fellow- 
j conspirators, i. e.. publicity, man, 
who Boswells for Zieg, roundel up 
the choice ' beauts from "Show • 
Boat'' and "Rosalie" and "Rid lUta." 
Bernle submitted them as subjects 
per se to Dr. IVTarstoh's profesHorial 
research. 

Prof Looked 'Em Over 
The professor looked all businoss 
Monday aftornoon, and also looked^ 
•cm over,, gels are gels; . . Those , 
rheostats, voltage registers, am- 
nicter.s, B batteries, spare tires, 
spark plugs and bar- rails (another 
experiment) seomed very up-and- 
up. It's not so far ffbm a ,llGth 
street campus to Times square'a 
wicked wiles, publielty stunts, wise 
cracks, and -dames. 

With mucli -serious, intont Dr. 
Marston riggod up the :props on & 
series of eight beauts,' evenly 
divided as. to pigment shading, and 
registered their respir.atlon. blood 
pix;sRure, nervous reaction, and 
stock market quotations on thd 
electrical apparatu.s; 

After It. was ail added up and 
.subtracted, the blondes had ; It. 
JL'oggy Udeli was adjudged ' the one 
wlvo most violently reacted to .Tohn 
Gilbert's necking with Greta Garbo, 
on the scicen in the clinches. Tlie 
film "Love"' was limited only to the 
s. a. biz; .And Peggy did that In 
the the.ntre in front of the invites. 

Dr. Marston's props are label«id 
a Bneumograiih and a. Symograph, 
And Peggy's a, Bearograpii. 

The experiments took three hours, 
14 newS: photographers and tlireo 
newsrocl. cameras. 

The blonde .subjects were Beryl 
HoUey, Jeanne Andrec, Rose Gal- 
lagher and Claudia Dell. 

BruncLlcs: Jeanne Ackennan, Flo 
Kennedy, I'atsy O'Day and Peggy 
Udell. 

Miss Gallaglier and Miss O'Day 
opened the frolic. 



Kr.iiK'y's restaurant rendezvous at 
1S2 West 4th street, opened just 
before the holidays has already 
closed. The rent of this «tor«,);'-^f 
risen in 10 years from $15 to 
PIcbiana Who Talk 
It alwavs amuses me to hear the 
p^an^. of plebians who would fur- 
-thcr commrrx-'ialize our ,well-aa- 
vertised community. AH manner of 



SHOPlSiEIlS' 



Alfred La Mar, 18, who claims 
to be a picture actor, and, Mrs. 
ratherine Randall, 4r,, both of 620 
West 170th street, pleaded guilty m 
.Rnc£ial=S£Sslpj}.E^fjIf^tty.Jju^^^^^ 

La Mar was glv(Mi 10 days in the 
Workhouse and the woman was 

fined $'25. ^ ^ ^ 

Both had ' been arrested two 
weeks ago by detectives of the. 
Stores M^utuai Protective. Associa- 
tion after they had takon a quantity 
of articles from countprrf In ArnoM 
Constahlea valued at $15, for which 
they neglected to pay. 




Columbia No. 1161-Hurtado Bros. Marimba Orchestra from yaud< 
fea^ture tw) popular waltzes, "Diane." theme song of "Tth Hca.von.' an 
■•Benefali VeAe^ Skies." A groat record for tho cocktail hour. Doosn.t 

^'v^^tS^No; 21^^'S^""Nola/' vocalized? Here 'tis by the Revel- 
ers The popular piano solo has some trick lyriu.s ;.ot to, t, . and under 
tbe" Rr-vf'lers' treatment it is just as-ietchinL,' with worrls as ln:-.trum(.-n tal- 
ly "Among My Souvenirs." which, llk« "My lilue Jleaven, ^i.s a di.se.a.so 
of" the music bu.sincss. is "canned" for the 'steenth time, this time as a 
vocal fiuartet -by. the same aggregation. 
Edison No; 52155— "Among My 



voea fiuarte.t-by tne same aggreKui ion. - x. w n \ 

Edison No; 52155— "Among My f^oiivenirs" again, fox-trott<><rby R. A 
ILoiu-'s Palais d Or Orchestra,- and , "Rain," another pupalar plwe. by A 
I'Yiedman'H Oiv^hestra from Yoeng's, also a ( M.i nes-.e- A n.ene.'in eatery.. 

Brunswick No 3676— Pwiy MilU-r an-l-his llr,tei {;jb>-on Orchestra tire, 
spott"TYri rimin'?ti They hroa.l.-.'..s.. on fbe wax eonple of sna.,ir.y- 
Ktrots "Bluo I'>aby".and "Yep! .'Long About June," to vocal tru. 

nnn Al Ix^ntz^ J:i//.i,-;t9 are baeked up with ."Dear. On a 

XlM.f tJC ThK" a f^^^^ '-r,'^ "ril Think, of.: Vou." In the I rst 

Ir.;vi« .Taiiu-s voeali/^'s. and L^'iit/- .liiros.-ir dfleiates in the littler. lioDi 
are -vorking dance sfrleetlori.s and well rlone. . 

RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC ^ 
"B;!" St^t Lik. W-r^ -Tl?. Man . L,v." 

/ ■ 



'lord" Help Him Now 

Robert Whitman, alias "Lord 
Bcavcrbrook;" alias a -^lozen other 
najiies, was convicted by a jury be-. 
"forve Jiid]rB"~WilliaTn - Allen -in- Gon---- 
eral Sessions of grand larceny In 
the flr.st degree. He will be sen- - 
tenced on Feb. 8. He can receive 
ten years on this charge and must 
serve an additional Ave years which 
he owes , the stale on a previous 
conviction. , 
Whitmi^n was^ convicted of steal- 
ing about $00,000 worth of- jewelry, 
and other articles from Mrs. Ro.se 
Burken, of I>'rceport, L. 1.. f ftcr ]V« 
had made love to her in May, 1926. 
Mrs. Burken said "Beaverbrook. 
had accosted iter on the stre<>t, ad- 
di'-'.sKing lier as "Nora Bay*-;*." The 
woman .said siie rell in-love with 
bis glib, tohguo and th.'it hft was 
a fast worker was evident by the . 
nu't that w-iibin two weeks Ome he . 
bad induced .her to' turn over Jier 
jewelrv to hi.v<! "it Insured for her. 
"irisiea.! he ),.isvned most of it and 
(be .revV h- J'ave to: Mr.-^.. Mrumla 
Camernn M;.mi:'. Washington soei- 

r'e.l on ili'> same day, Ic.-s ,tha,n . 
.a month aV.<-r h^' bad dropped Mrs. 



g 



i.;urk'-ii. ^ . , ■ . 

In giVmu his fTedigr^e f..l:o\Mn 
r„nvi.-MM. . \S'h;tnian - rave bis 
occupali-n n:< ^'luoy.ng picture^. 
He (!ld not .<:.':y in-what capacity he 
workttd or for V. Itat. concern. 



46 



VARIETY 



TIM ES SQUARE 



Wednesday, February 1, 19JJ8 



ON THE SQUARE 



Hopeful Near Celebs 

Coupli; of years wo, Alex' Gurd wnii Ju-st one of tho many ariisus try- 
ing to i>ick up a living sollins' hia JrawlngH to the dninuitic sections, of 
the.papors. . 

Last year, when th«.neW Sai'di'a was opened, Alex was given the com- 
mission to decorate the side wallf? with caricatures of the celebrities. 
Of course after Harry Hershfield, Kclcey Allen and the standards had 
been done in. color (Kelcej' calls his a "portrait"), there was plenty of 
room for selection, this, being left to Gard. .' 

ConW'ciuence is he hectinie a. pretty mviCh wooed man. Fellows who 
jcomplaincd of .his broken English began playing, up to him. With his 
nfieals.set for a year— hi.s pay for the job— Giird kept on worliihg an^J 
Vshowed plenty of common sense by laying ofC of thosp who were tcto 
aiixfous' to .gel their mugs, hung in public. . 

Some of the boj's are still making- Sardi's for lunch every day jiLst In 
the hopi' of being mistiiken for a. celeb. .' . 



Jack Osterman's Explanation 

iJack Oi^lerman's explanation about the printed report of : lils nite 
club jam with Betty Karidolph, with, the latter unknown to show- busi- 
ness, is that he knows nothing of it. It's press agent's frame, young 
Ostorman says, he had no part. The story didn't break, iaccording to 
Osterman,. until three days after he had left Casa Lopez, where Oster- 
man had been the floor m, c. 

Miss .Randolph is : said to be a society woman. .If so, there are more 
than one of that same narhe. 

. From th© account Osterman bumped into . her when leaving the cafe. 
The story later said she had lost a costly geni,. also charging Osterman 
with having struck her. It's the latter Osterman wants to deny, saying 
he's had enough of that stuff. 

Osterman clmlms to halve given in his notice to Gene Gelger, of Lopez's; 
.Casa two days befoi'e. the incident. 



Young Hoffman Was There 

Max Hoffmann, Jr.'s, busted ankle, forcing him Out of hte Detroit com- 
pany of "Go.od News" for several \yeeks, was not the resuli of a stage 
.accident a? -first reported. Max got his Injury in honorable battle with 
an ob.streperbus undergraduate In a Detroit- cafe, who recognized him 
as the hero of the college show, and made insulting remarks about mu- 
sical comedy actors having a nerve to impersonate football stars. . 

.What the young coliegiati? didn't know was that Max. used to play 
football himself, in pi-ep school days, and that he hadn't forigotten how 
to tackle. He soon found that out. Max. came out with a broken ankle, 
but the college lad was smeared almost beyond recognition. 

Hoffmann will rejoin the show when it opens in Chicago. . Stanley 
Ridges, is playing his role iii Detroit. 



B'way in Yiddish 



.A "Broadway columB" haa 
been . proposed for one of the 
yiddi.sh dalliea on New York's 
East Side. . 

While the matter of transla- 
tion is annoying at present to 
the promotera, they think they>' 
have an out inasmuch, as. Yid- 
dish reads backwards anyway. 



WORTHINGTON BUTTS SON 



Chil{d Arrived Jan, 21 in Los Ana«ies 
—■Parents Known On Broadway 



■ , Los Angeles. Jin.. 31. 

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Withingtcn Butts here Jan, 21, at- 
the Lying-in Hospital. 

Mrs. Butts was profess iotially 
known as Rosalie Ceballos. . She is 
a sister of Larry Ceballos. 

Both the . parents are known on 
Broadway. Mr. .Butts .has ..been 
around Times Square for a long 
time. 

The Butts have been married for 
some years. They came out here to 
live about two years ago. 



LOOPING THE LOOP 



(IN CHICAGO) 



A girl now playing legit In Chicago and Just divorced from her artist 
husband on desertion charges, didn't rev<?al in co'urt her vain effprta 
to keep the marciage oft the rpcks. 

After, happily married for five years, the girl wad khocked dl92!y when 
her husband came home one night and told her he had just met ahothef 
dame he loved twice as much. 

Sacrificing her pride, the wife suggested, he live with the new girl 
a while and If it was Just ti flash affair he c6ul<J, come ba*;k home. Hubby 
oked: the idea, but later returned to say he thought he should marry the 
other woman. The wife was grief-stricken, but suggested that her hus- 
band blow out of town and. she'd fix him^up with a divorce on desertion 
charges so he could marry the girl. 

He did. And she did. But i3he had hoped , he would comeback. 



Picture Worth 10c Extra 

A south side picture house band loader is trying the boloney, mingling 
with the lobby crowd after the show to help oh with coats knd exchang- 
ing greetings. 

"How'd you like the show, sir?" he asked one customer as he adjusted 
his coat for him. . . 
"The picture was okay," replied the stranger, slippingf the maestro 
dime. 



Before transferred from the .Oriental to the Chicago theatre, Milton 
Charles, solo organist, put Paul Ash's hangout in its place with the fol- : 
lowing hot rhyme on the; screen:. 
"I. arn go-ing to the big Chi-ca-go 
^Vhere your ma and pa go," 

(Sbme time ago a Variety reviewer mentioned the Oriental's trade was 
almost exclusively juvenile aiid in return got a chilling social: rebuke.) . 



GOLDEN'S Om CLUB 



Orchestra Leader Taking . Posses- 
sion of Knickerbocker Grill 



After a- number of years as the 
band feature of the Hotel McAlpin, 
New York, Ernie Qbldeh resigns 
this week to open at his own nite 
club, Knickerbock Grill, on West 
42d street, Feb. 6. Associated with' 
Golden will be H. Z. Pokress,. for- 
merly head of the Mlneralava beau- 
tifler; Harry Feinberg and Miice 
!Friedman, with _Gbld(en lil general 
Charge. 

The WMCA radio artist is in- 
staling a WOR wire for the broad- 
casting of the Golden orchestra's 
dance music. The grill, under its 
new management. Will endeavor to 
re-establish what was at one time a 
foremost metropolitan Institution. 

Golden's orchestra will officiate 
for lunch from 12-2. as well as din- 
ner and supper, with Golden coming 
onto the scene at dinner time. Doro- 
thy Braun, Embassy .Boys and' 
Madeleine Solsson will - be In the 
show. 

. Golden rebelled at the McAlpin'a 

Jane Cowl Walked Off at .Benefit" V lack of publicity and other reasons: 

The audience at the Shakespeare benefit at tlie Metropolitan Sunday jj^ also found It difficult to double 



Billy DeQiack's Offsprings . 

Billy goats, nanny goafis, horsefeather.s. OKMNX! The Billy DeBcck 
offsprings are taking Chicago, by storm. Grand Angonis, Deputy Angoras . 
and Exhalted Chapters are springing up every where. Poets and bavds 
are penning inspired creations to the iiatio"n*s latest, fraternal order 
which sprang to greatness overnight. Abe Ghlriian of the FOrstei: music 
publishers, in collaboration with Chfirlie Nevirman and Buddy Fields was. 
seized with inspiration, ~ result— "Horsefeathers,". the fraternal song. 
Billy DeBeck, the creator ; of Karney Google, Exhalted Angora of the 
order, is of Chicago' and during his Chicago d.ays organized the "Bulla 
Bulla" club. 



. . Beaux Arts Ball Over at 8 a. m. 

In, fancy costumes much or less, 4,000 people .swarmed all over Mrs. 
Astor s Inn on the high-vvay Friday evisnlng,. the same night the Old 
Guard held Its annual ball at the Commodore. 

It was eight in . the morning before the heavily dressed males and 
lightly -'Clad women left the Inn to Itself and regular occupants. The, 
Beaux Art's top was $15 per, with the Astor taking a good .share from 
each for furnishing the place and fodder. ■ 



Joe -Lewis' Snapping Suspenders 

Joe Lewis' accident was a tough affair but since then the night club 
star has been getting proper recognition. Joe now . has a night club, 
and a cigar named after him, besides the crowning glory, of having his 
monick-cr emblazoned on a snapping brand of suspenders. 



Stengel's Suicide 

Squureltes rcSceived a shock by the Sunday "Enquirer's" screaming 
BCare-head, "Hearst cartoonist commits suicide," referring to Hans Sten- 
gel. Incidentally, the hooiey about Stengel's ex-wife, whom he divorced, 
is sauce of apple, as i.s the reported, info that he regretted being de- 
posed as the New York "Jbui'ivans" . dra:matic critic, .which post John 
Anderson now liolds, . 

The inside is girl trouble. 



night Averc puzzled by the strange behavior of Jane Cowl, who walked 
out on the stage to play a scene from "Romeo and Juliet," and walked 
right off again without saying a word 

It seems the electrician bungled things and failed to pick her up with 
the spot on her entrance.. 

Rollo Peters, playing Romeo, gave her the cue. When she did not 
respond, he gave it again. Mi.ss Cowl stiU did not reply but walked 
gracefully across the stage and off on the other side, to the bewlder- 
ment of Mr. Peters and those but front. 



into the outlying picture houses. 
These bookings were valuable to 
I the leader, who was In demand be 
cause of his radio rep. 



- i . . On a'^unday Nite and Two 

'SuvRfa^'- night. Broad wayite dines with his .cutie. They dine late^ 
Still too early to go "home." About time to take in a night club. They 
order the driver to Ben Bcrnle's. No doorman in sight. They open 
downstali-s door, lights on in hallway up the stairs. They T^ct to upper 
Iron door, it opens easily to the twist of a knob. 

Thoj' enter. *EvoryLhing excrept a corridor light, dark. Apparent the 
place doesn't deal Siihdays. . But it looics like a hirk. They stay up 
there, just a loving twcsome, romp all over the room, enjoy themselves 
like ;i, couple of kids, own the whole shebang. 

After a whole lot. of high-power amusement, decide to go to a hang- 
out, -v^lierc they can have music besides the sweet nothings they've Avhis- 
pered to one another. There they meet Bernle, taking a night out, in a 
night c'lub. -They- tell lienv He «a-ys-he;il—-lo^ 
can, l)ut he'll never find out the half of it. 



Monocled Girl at Nite Club 
A ^shingled girl with her escort, also 'in evening dross, was noticed 
parked at the ringside of one of Broadway's best saw-dust night places 
the other night. She nttraeted :ittention because of a monocle. It re 
mained in place, but not iyithoiit soinc effort as the dame couldn't. laugh 
-without lo.sing It. . The idea of girls sporting monocles is said to be a 
Parisian idea.-. ' ■ 



Restaurant Mgr. Brought 
Back OA Theft Charge 

John Compton, 65; formerly;,;Pight 
manager "of Thompson's resft'^xl^nt, 
747 6th avenue, was brought back 
from Binghamton, N. Y., by detec- 
j.tiye James. (Judge) Fitzpatrick of 
the West, 47th street station. Connp 
ton, Fitzpatrick stated, decamped 
with the restaurant receipts, $160 
on the night of Oct. 3. 

Compton was arraigned in West 
Side Court. He pleaded not guilty 
-Wai-ving examination he was held 
in $1,000 ball for the Grand Jury. 

Fitzpatrick learned that Comp- 
foli'lr""hmhe"~city"-was--Binghamton 
He wired the chief of police there 
and, Compton was arrested. He told 
Fitzpatrick that he hadn't robbed 
the restaurant owners. "Bandits 
stuck me up In the restaurant, and 
I feared to notify my superiors, 
averred Compton.. , The latter lives 
at. 62 Main stireet, Bingham tori. 



When Talkers Split the Gross : 

Saturday- night, at Carnegie, Dr. .Stephen S.~ VVi.Se v,'cnt up agaihst 
Judge Ben Lind.say, verbally, for about $16,000 gross, the split going' 
evenly between the b. o. cards, win or lose. 

The debate was on companionate nuirriage, at $7.70 tpp> and not worth 
tt. Postcards were given the listeners wlio fell with, a request that, tijey 
■tyrn.ln a.Written vote for their choice of spiflers! Most of the capacity 
audience are .?ald to have thrown away the cards, 

Mr. Wise, who is a Rabbi otherwise, was thought to. lead, hi the $7.70 
talklest, Judge Lind.say .seemed -.some what vague, especlaHy to those 
Who liad not read his book on the same subject. 

N<^ither ol the speakers evidently had had much ojfnerieiice in the 
Kew York's mldtpwn .section, wliero Po7TTpanio'natc .marriage i.s even too 
eonvmon for landlord.s. 



Sani Insull's Easy Pay-Off 

Samuel. Insull, capitalist of" "capitalists, patron of the arts and go'od 
business man, who frequently indulges the theatrical whinis of Mrs, 
Insull, some time , ago permitted her to take over the Studebaker the- 
atre. Mrs. Insull had her fun playing with . it, the dramatic arts, and 
stagecraft. 

Recently Mrs. Insull tired of playing higli-brow angel a.nd,. Mr. Insull.. 
let the play move out, despite "The Play's the Thing" and an annual 
loss of between one. and two hundred thousand dollars, preferring to pay 
the $100,000 per annum -rental fot a vacant house until the lease ex- 
pires. ■ ■ • ^ 

But the Insulls are friends of show bu.slness. The capitalist's latest 
hobby is the erection of a new home for Chicago's Opera, occupying 
an entire city block and coating $20,000,000. 



Newest local band sensation is Guy Lpmbardo and his Royal Cana- 
dians, brought here several weeks ago from Cleveland by Al Quodbacb 
for his Granada cafe. Quodbacli's south side night club is doing the 
best business in town with the band proving an ether plug and- attrao-. 
tion over WBBM.. 



The Loop's Great Loss 

Tlie Loop lost a great little guy when Abe Jacobs, the best known 
and liked man that ever ran the works back stage, was laid away for 
eternity. Abe was internationally popular, but in the Loop, a fixture. 
Abe;l was ■„therQ_bef ore the fire that destroyed Chicago In 1870 and he • 
stuck in the Loop until' a' few days before his noble heart stopped. More . 
tlTaTi-6*- years is Abe's record as a loophound. His mother opened the 
first grocery after the big flames. ■ 
Hardly an acquaintance of Abe's will not affirm that Abe was the 
soul of honor. Yes, he was gruff and haid and had many a battle, but 
he was usually right. If Marc Antony had been among the loyal friends 
and kin whp followed Abe to the soil the other day, he would surely 
repeat "This was a man." He walked with kings and mobs and always 
retained his virtues* No man known by the common phrase "square 
guy" ever deserved the title more than Abe Jacobs. Nature turns out 
but few men of rare individuality and per.sonality, but Abe was among 
that few. 

Abe started as property boy at the Olympic about 60 years ago under 
Kohl. & Castle. Later he became stage manager for. all Kohl-Castle 
theatres^ remain ljg_. wjth the . firm until a' few yisars ago when the 
Orpheuni took over the" MSjeStiC TO 

theatre. Men with small minds quaked before Abe's dominant person- 
ality, so. he stepped out to save them embarrassing moments. He re- 
tired a cpuple. of years ago, well heeled but lonely. His old pals scat- 
tered and passed, away, he laid down for the long sleep after sixty- 
three years of action, - 



Jessie Fteed in toop ^ 

Je.ssle.Recd, another of those liirn-d-r "Follies" girls and mostly entitled 
notice through having been in her stage day the highest .salaried 
chorus girl anywhere, is now bumping around in Chicago, .Tess looks 
to have 'aired No. 2, who lived somi'whe.re- in Indiana and on . a farm. 
Her fii-st was a bird from Cleveland' and who. had a name but not the 
dough that should have gone with it. 



Carlotta Motaterey is reported due for the altar pretty soon, in the 
marriage way, with the $2 license getter unaiinouneod. -ITe is reputed 
«f sorno profesh stanctlng in tlie writing way. 



The Perfect Husband 



A label of The Perfect Hus- 
band; according to Timies 
Squai'e standards,, has been ' 
mantled on the followlrig fel- 
low under these circumstances: 

Seated on a chair In the par- 
lor with his wife in the adjoin- 
ing bedroom, in . bed, she aslted 
him for a glass of water. 

"No Ice or water here," he 
replied. 

^"""Tl^rease" giVSTire^-"*" 
then, dear," she requested. 

"Not a : cigarette in the 
house," he replied, without 
moving, from the chair either 
time;' 

In the morning, the, wife- 
found plenty of ice, with sev- 
eral boxes of clgrarettea on the 
table. 



The. wife of a m, c. in a,downto\Vn picture house has been attendlna^ 
rehearsals for some time, giving her. opinions freely and rushing back- 
stage i after the first show for distribution of final Jiidgment, The pro- 
ducer in the same hou.se is married, with his b.: and c, also taking port 
in rehearsal .suptuwlsioh, . Acts tickled flaining red. 



Operator's Lunch Solution 

A booth o'perator .scheduled fol' reli.ef at 6 p. m. Waited until 8 for th« 
next operator. With , the relief still not in sight, he sent an usher out 
for sandwiches. Back came the usher with the manager, who explained 
ushers were for ushing only, not errand boys fpr operators. 

Words appearing futile. Operator stopped the film mid-reel and an- 
nounced tlie show wouldn't go oh until he ate. And. another thing, why 
couldn't the manager go out and get the sandwiches? 

The manager got 'oiu. ' 



Ganglahd's Sentence— Exilel 

==3M.§}B^-^^i^'i^'^^^^3^^y days following the dastardly attack 

upon Joe Xicwls, "premiere" ctib^rer^ cnEtWiffi^^ 

Gang-land's "400" learned who it was who had crushed his skull and 
slashed his body with knlve.s. Gangland's. chieftains called a council. 
In solemn meeting this InqulsltAry board weighed the fate that should 
bp. meted out to tlie assail.'ints of eafedom's idol. 

Drastic were the suggested puni.slimehts but the trial board, warning 
against new police records, issued its edict. • ' 

This edict was not tempered with mercy but with caution. The tria 
was nolilied the follo'wing day that exile, permanent exclusion, from 
Chica/?o and the County of-Cook, Illinois, was the sentence. 

"And— woe betideis^'ou if you. ever return" cautioned Gangland. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



EDI T O R I A L 



VARIETY 



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4a YEARS AGO 

(From /'Clipper''): 

Minneapolis apparently waiiit't 
euch a hot show town, even back 
in 18»8. ' Sr.jket & \ AV;r,:;ins hr; 1 
taken over the new Honnopih and 
haj Ijent every effort to making it 
a success with high cla.ss attrac- 
tions. But to support it they had 
to draw. Heavily frorii the profits 
of their dime miisoum properties 
The- mortgage upon th(< Ilennopin 
-was foreclosed and it looked, as 
though, it would be a receivership 
lor the dime museums. . .' '•: 

Ne^v YorK was in' the m'idst of a 
crusadd against theatres. . Mayor 
Hewitt hia,d ordered prosecution 
against the - Palm Gardens for It.3 
Suncaay entertainment, bilt this 
ca.KC was t:.ro\\'n out of court. Five 
Bowery museums paid, fines of $250 
each for immoral exhibitiohs. 



A ]a;w suit arising out,, of royal - 
tiesi ■ d iscloses that tl. o ' usual play - 
Wright contract called^ for a flat 
rsum ($300 a week in this case) and 
20 per jeht.. on the gross above 

$3,ooo; 



The Broad\Vay theatre was near- 
ing completion at 41st .street and 
Broadway, and was said to be the 
last word in theatre design; Fanny 
Davenport in "La Tosca" was 
sche"duled to open the house in tw(i 
wieeks. .' .- : 



Rbbert Grau returned from iParis 
with the announcement that Sarah 
Bernhardt w;ould make another 
American tour in 189T with a- new 
play by Alexander Duma.s. 



Frank Damrosch. married. Hattie 
Mosenthal, niece df a farnous piano 
soloist. > 



■ James Owen O'Connor -wa^ th| 
clown of show business, This time 
his leading man in "The Marble 
Heart" walked out 6n him Itl. Syra 
cuse, and "Without notice he staiged 
"The Merchant of Venice," playing 
Shylock himself to the hilarious 
amusement of his audience. . 



LITERATI 



(Continued from pag<i 26) 
in a sanitarium on Long Island, it 
is doubtful if he will return to. ac- 
tive duty. . 

"Victor iPolacheck, former general 
manager of circulation for Hearst, 
has replaced Merrill as general 
nianagpr of the publishier's morning 
. newspapers. 



BANKERS AND THEIR CONTRACTS 



A puzzling Question mu.H have arisen among many who may iutvo 
read In Variety last week of bankers deciding upon executive moves 
for picture house chains, without ennsultlng the executives of these cir- 
cuits, First thought Is how much power do bankers demaiid when 
flna.n.(?ing show. deals? ' ' , 



It appears to be a matter of contract with somci bankers. That is, thi' 
contract they enter Into with . thp firms financed. From accounts thi.s 
agreement often contains, a voting tryst provision that gives the bank-, 
ing house . full authority in movements of importance by or for ' the 
chain or show concern. 



In some instances ;tlie contract must be abndnnally binding. In: other 
cases of financing, the banker.<!,. .while protected, do not appear to have, 
the throttle hold. ' But . wherie .baLnker.«%»advance money to promote, ex- 
pand or purchase it's not urire.as6naibln|to expect^ they will demand pro-' 
tctioni foir. their. mohey. and for the prop'^rties represented by it. 



Whether the show business likes the bankers, or not, they . appear 
to be increasingly more required by the showmen. There has. been lio 
deal of magnitude of recent time% within any division of the show 
business that hais not invited the money men into. it. And the niore 
money that pours in from the outside, tbe stronger the out.side in- 
iluence in the show bu.siness becomes. 



England's Picture Way Out 



England oufrht lo .stop oonu'lamiiiu,' alxmt .\in' ri* nn' l>ifiin:i-<. 
I'liinplaints, ,.oI)jectU)ni^, oi'.it jeisiu'. s.ivi'a.-m. tlircats, qiiDta iUh 
.lliiit, lU'ODiiii iiif^ rtoathii;' that. 'Aiul iu't a piiMuri- en a- ser 

means .anything. Thoy huff and they inirV. -l.tit wliosi-. imii-^i^ 
bhiwn. in? • . 



WliSijes, 
(lui)ta 
;•. n that 
is licing 



It is under Kn^^l.-ind'.s noso lo ostat)lish its. iiirtiire inilu^tr.v 
itself. ,))()litioally. in thp . movement. Nothing has b»'en dune 
Ainerii>;i would proliahly ald if permitted, to. 



and lii'lp. 
a 1 tout it. 



The solution is a. sujjer pietiiro on the founding of .eai h i>f Britain's 
ihi-ee Dominions— Canada, India and . Australia. 



A series of three pietnres to eost around $1,000,OtV0' apieee and each to 
take a y«vir. in the niakiii^J:. pii tiie fornnilii of "The Hi.rth of a Xation" 
and "The Covered Wa.iion." lOaeh \yith.love. story but hi.storically based 
on.l'a.et, All. ?2 road-sljD.xv pietur.es to . be. exhiluted around the world 
and e\ ent\ia.ily reaehiui; ; poiiVls that all the 'British pnvpa.s^atida ' ever 
turmnl loose ebiildn't- toiu'li. . . 



A late and delayed departure into the banking circles is Keith -AlbeeV 
That chain got in mostly with the bankers through its recent merger 
with . the Orplieurti Circuit. : E; F.. Albee for years was one of the most 
steadfast'amongst show, people to declaim against the banking influence 
or dictation in the show world. But he succumbed. ' Others, who also 
had to, could not hold out so long.' ' 



Just how the ba,nk|8rs isee the show lield Is a semi-secret. Bankers her*; 
and theire hav6 admitted that the show business (picture particularly) 
has been the most, pirofitable industry, to thern, that they have monkeyed 
with in years. That is on the bonus, prenilum and interest end. It 
doesn't take In the Stock Exchange and manipulation. Bankers as a 
riile aire either bears or bulls, but they are both in handling show ; bufs- 
iness stocks for their ups or downs. 



The>e may be „ bankers, who don't concentrate as heavily as others; 
upon' prices or quotations. There may be those, even if they a,re riot 
known. Otherg don't sit back so quietly. The latter seem to think first 
of what may be done In the w'ay of .chalk inarks- or ticker tape, and 
afterwards of ;the show people. 



As the bankers iri part anyway,, appear able to manipulate tiie . theatre 
chains i»6r concerns they are- financing, without conference with the 
circuits' heads first, so they may be able to and with much more ease, 
maneuver the stock market or quotations' with those same chains' or 
concerns' istocks; . 



But the bankers a.re in. and they, arc going to stay Iri. For the longer 
they are In the show business, the longer it seerha. It will be before 
they can be paid off. And perhajjs the bankers don't want to be paid 
off. li it's S.0 good in the. first place, why not. the second, third, and 
so on? , ; . .• . 





Irony : 

In handling tbc story of Thea 
Marovsky, the 'Russian singer who 
committed suicide after reading the 
bad press ndlices following^ her re- 
cital a week ago Sunday, the dailies 

-andithe. ^isob—Colunijrtistj.^ I>lay^e^ 
the pathos .heavily, but missed tile 
most Ironic point of the yarn. 

The girl had an appointment with 
her manager who Wa.s .to meet her 
at. jier apartment at three o'clock 
Monday afternoon' to discuss plans. 
This manager was .delayed and. Was 

■ also unable 'to reach her^ by tele- 
phone. When he' had not arrived 
by four o'clock; she left ; the apart- 
ment, convinced that the unfavor- 
able notices had caused his' deser- 
tion, to go to a friend's house in 
Brooklyn,- wrote, her farewell note 
and killed herseif. While she was 
making her suicide preparations in 
Brooklyn, the manager arrived at 
her apartment with a sheaf of con- 
tracts for further recitals.- 



"New Yorker" Laid Off 

■ A recent drawing of Pete- Arno's 
got side-tracked when submitted to 
"Tlie New Yorker,'' hut not before 
"=IJr(Wf.T"-wert;="run=Gff==and-=privatoly^ 
distributed. 

Subject was a harem swimming 
pool with dames swimming around 
au naturel. Two eunuchs alongside 
the pool but facing the other wtiy, 
seemed to be more interested in con- 
versation, with a .eaytlon of one 
saying to the other: 

"Did, you hear about. my opera- 
tion?" ' 



ON PICTURES 

An enterprising distributor of automobiles on the coast conducted a 
post card camijaign of advertising arid used the Los Angeles phone, 
directory foV a mailing list; The cards -were .-written to mak^ the Im- 
pression they Were sent by a friend. Harry .Wilson, press agent for 
Insplration-Carewe Productions, must have recel-ved one of these cards, 
as he Is now doing the same thing for advanced exploitation on their 
forthcoming production of "Ramona." 

Wilson plans to send a sefies of six postal cards six consecutive 
weeks to 15,000 exhibitors throughout the cduntry. Involving an expendi- 
ture otf about $6,000. 



A- scenario writer had trouble with one of the Independent producing 
companies on the coast .over payment of moneys due her. The writer 
placed her complaint before the Screen Writers' Guild, for. action, but 
was not sati.'Tfied with the progress made and turned the case over to 
the Acadmcy for attentlori. The producer In-volved Is not a member of 
the Academy and Is said to have Informed the conciliation committee 
of the latter he . would have, nothing to do -with therii on this or any 
pther case. 

The producer ia also declared to have advised the writer to' place her 
complaint against him with the Screen Writers* Guild, and admitted that 
organization was the only one able to .separate him from any cash al- 
leged due writers. 



Fatty Arbu(ikle,ls not going oiJt in the comedy, "Excess Baggage." He. 
says, /that an audience fpr him In a. $3.50 top play Is too doubtful and he 
prefers to stick with tlae' pop prpe"fleld7;WliMKf*T<ar 
made an appearance soriie months ago' In .a legit revival on Broadway 
(comedy) that did hot .fare' Wei],- • ^ 

" ' Arbuciile as an act has been booked until March 10, when he aaHa for 
Paris, for four weeks at the Empire, there, then going to .Berlin for an- 
other four weeks. Franklin Batie, singer. Is Joining the otagef tum. 



. A New York woriian In cohvorsatldn recently Inquired If during th<? 
prcparatiori of a story for the screen or while It i^ In process of making, 
any woriian oi' women, were called in for an , opinion fro'm the feminine 
point, of view. No one prcsent could enlighten. 

The speaiuT .said she thought if that were to be done regularly there 
would be more pictures directly appen,llng to women. As a constant 
theatregoer she Complained of a neglect Iri that respect In any number of 
pictures. Many of them, she. said,, with but a few twl.sts, wo'uld have 
carried a- much greater urge. for the females. 

As far a-s Information amongst hor listeners- was contained, on^ aaflA 
he had heard .of some studios calling in a gcneral assembly of lays, In- 
cluding women, to pass upon pictures after they, had been completed 
but the studios found/this observation of no practical, value. ' Each of the 
lays attempted to become, a critic and offel-ed rib suggestion worth while. 
Wliether the ."Studios, have what might be called professionals among 
women to look over the proparatlori and watch: the, picture develop no 
940 could t^ll, nor .did any one know If ther-o are women In the Holly- 
"wood'"s1frctI§ri""e^ 



: And the Keynote is the British .wvernuu'iit. For su<-h an undertak- 
ing its- coopi.>r;ilion>vonld. bo inipe.raliye.; Other pi'iiuMpal (j nest ions are 
e.ouhl lOn.i^laiul do it aione and etniHt anyone i)ersuade her . to fnr.uet her 
Xav.y for one pi.u: piotur.o'?. .. Tlie answer to' the li'rst.ciiicstiotis Is'Xo, and 
to. the. si-eond, prolijihly not. '' 



Put British huMicy beliind the ventiu'e, import Ani(>riean technicians 
and -prove to the gbvevnniient. the value of eooporation for siieh vin en- 
terprise, and KhHlarid .would be.i?in to get off its eelluloid treadmill. 
It would have souvething to both work and follow .np on. If tliey don't . 
\yant the Ariierie-'vhs, .^end- for' the rrernians. For ICn.u'land ean't put it 
over alone. Tiie necessary' teohnieal skill isn't- on hoino- Hoil.. '.■ 



. If England doesn't want to do- it, there Is probably not one' iriajor 
Amorican producing company which wouldn't leap at . the ehariee. on 
the ground's of sound business, a, big. picfvir.e and_a^ Jrlendly gestiire 
toward. TJritain. . - ' . ' ' 



"Trade follows the film" is a slogan picturos have brought about and 
is one of . Britain's wori'ios. Politically, then, isn't It reasonitble to sup- 
p6.se. that a big picture riiade by England " on India would" draw the 
bonds closer between iriother and di.sgriintled child? Likewise, Canada 
arid Australia equally as appreciative? 



• PoMtically and financially .<5Duhd. Firi.aricially bevause there is ai world 
market for good pictures, regardless of country, and each of these sub- 
jects is: epic, vital arid of adventure. . Of Interest .to all nationalities 
if well made. ALsd becau.se that while the second two pictures are 
being made, the first one would be turning In revenue. 



One o< the .smaller distributing orKanltatlonB which has a nominal 
■upervlaion and Jurisdiction on all scripts continually has trouble with 
Its' producing unit.** on the coast. .They atall until the last minute and 
then rush Into production without an okay on the story. .The <:onditlon 
exists through . cast and west 'fi<:en:Lrio editors of more or le.ss equal 
authority. - 



Would the Prince of Wales sidestep at least one scene in one of these 
pictures? Lsn't It likely that Kipling would allow hi.s name and perhaps 
ills brilliant mind for the ..*?tory on India? PoKSibilities are almost un- 
limited. ^ ' 



A tremendous undertaking necc^ssitating speoiallst.s all the way down 
the line, from selling, the Idea to l?ritain to cutting the pictiu'c. America 
has a number of direetor^ who could do it, Gerrnany a couple and Eng- 
land none. It could even be done with an All-Engli.sh ca.st, something 
United Kingdom: pride' might ln.sist upon. 



It is the obvious thing for England to do, to' .set an • important Indus- 
try that now Is not even e.'rtablishcd within its own pos.sessions. . . 



Then, with England her.-^elf .setting: the path, let the trade follow or 
admit her film Irifjiifllcioncy for all time. 



tloned "Chang" as having been produced by the King pf Slam'a brother. 

Pbs.sibly "broth in one of tho-nativ(>s in the picture. 



Another old-fashioned director who failed to' keep abreast of the times 
wa.s given another chance to direct iEor .one of the large Independerit 
operators on the coast. It was a dog story extolling the virtues of 
"Puppy" loVe. When the picture was completed the local critics, out of 
sympathy for his long siege of unemployment, praised the picture highly, 
and through this the producer fired .iU.m. The broken down director la 
now trying to peddle a 'Stor^ _wkleh. hec.has woi-ked eight years to write 
iind will riot sell for. less than 65 grand. 



An exhibitor with a sense of humor features this sign in front of the 
55th St. Cinema, "Closed for altercations With builders, contractors and 
movie moguls. Will open when, as, and If, completed." This Is the 
converted stable art playhouse which Mike Mindlin and Joe Fllesler, 
operating the C6-5th Avenue Playhouse and the St. George, Brooklyn, 
both of the art typo of theatres, ha"vc taken over. TjOuIs Lusty, formerly 
with Riosenfeld, will have ch.arge upto"vvn, Lsadore Cohen Is the Bth 
Avenue Playhou.s.e manager. The C5th St. Cinema will open with "Mon- 
ell,"Hungarlan feature, marking its American premiere. 

The .same gag of free clggics and bcaucoup caffeine still goes Ih all 
the little movie theatre.s. 



ON LEGIT 



Through Hearst'.s New York-^"Daily Mirror" plugging so' strongly for 
tho Ziegfeld attractions, padding its amuscmerit pages with free rjlcturea 
and type for the several Zlegfeld musicals, Hcvoral of the dramatic plays 
along Broadway are reported to have 'withdrawn their advertising from 
the ITear.st tab., v .. 

Victor Wat.son is .managing editor of .the "Mirror!; and as usual, prob- 
ably taking his instructlo'ns on tho.se tiiihgs. . " 

Chamberlain Brown's : so-callcd"repertory". company, Vhich opens 
at the Cosmopolitan next week, Is the same stunt which another cast- 
ing agent, Murray. Philips, originated and tried arpund "fimes Square 
"With little luck last sumnier. Phillips lined up-good play(!rs then Idle 
and presented a flo'ck of them In revival-s of old .pieces. 

Bro wn is doing the same thing. His first piece ;-ls "Mrs. Da no's De- 
fence," which has Helen Menken, Alison Sklpworth and others in it. 
Inasmuch as it Is all being handled out of the ftliubert office, It Is 
figured that the thing Is In reality a Shubert enterprl.so -vi'ith Brown 
as another of their .producing blinds. . 

Brown. is using a ?.2 top, which can gross a fair sum in tlie sizeable 
Cosmopolitan. 



An A. P. desjjatch In New York dallies with • Berlin date line m«n- 



WileJla Waldorf Is now dramaUc wlTtoFW'tW^^mv-lTlHir^^ 
York, with John K. llutchcns reviewing jiu-r.ur<-(i for tliat Fheet, as Miss 
Waldfirf formerly did. 

When John Anderson left the "Po.st" for tho"Journal," Kol-crt Llttell 
^■.li-'f.i'V.U-a the post o.f critic but Miss Waldorf was a.Ss1gi!' fl to handle the 
! .daily Tie w-s.' note's and the Job of editing the Sat'-irdav patre. . 
I On thf' .New York ".Journal" Anderson is just writing review.s and send- 
ing th"m down to the plant. Farn.- KOJ't f/f .stuff. 1<.f>. that he n. Med. to 
.write in the ''Post.". 



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48 



VARIETY 



LEGIT I M ATE 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



CHI COPS NIP 
LOBBYSELUNG 

Make 6 Anrests^Specs' 
High Pressure Methods. 



"Patriot " flop, 

Cost $100,000 



. ■ ' : ■ ■ ; ChicafrOp. Jan. 31. 
' -It tms appiift'ntly . occurred . to 
Frank Pe.skH, city prosecutor, thai 
a municipal -code prohibits ...the 
street sale oi: nnuisehieiit. titlicts: in 
Chlcli^o,. for on Friday evening 
(Jan. 21) poUoe from the prose- 
cutor's office, , t'iirbed in , plain 
clothes. minKlod with, the theatre 
crowds on Glarlc eitreet arid made 
arrests. Six liu-n were taken and 
charged with , ticket Kcalping. 

Prosecutor Feska's. activitle.s con- 
tinued : th^ following night, two 
more of the taoketeers beinji appre- 
hended. Peska ' says the plain 
clothes boys will mingle nightly un- 
til the practice has been ..discon- 
tinued: All the men arrested ad- 
mitted their's was a go6d ^'graft, 
stating they averaged $30 or bettor 
bh week days and over $50 on-.Sat- 

urdays. , ' ■■■ ■ 

■Ticket scalpir:g and its attenaant. 
undesirable features is nothing new 
to Chicago. - Florence Couthoul, 
pioneer Chicago ticket bi'oker with 
stands in various pai-ts of the city, 
during' last year's newspaper cam- 

• paign against the scalper.s, stated^ 
that if theatres wOiild make war 
on lobby scalping. Chicago patrons 
would have no grounds for com- 

. plaint. . eiiicbago's' Shubert .officei 
some ;tinie ago, threatened to disbar 
the Couthoui. interests, charging 
that the Couthoui firm favored Er- 
lahger here, Shuberts endeavored 



-flilhovt 
of ".Tlu- 
hvraUU'd 
SutnrtUty 



Miller'.s ' production 
Ptiti-iot," a •.widely 
prpduclioii, closed 
after a - "vvook and 
three days; .Two iniporiant 
plavors, T.'.e.slie Fa hoi; and 
Madge Tltheradge, Avere espe- 
cially ■ brought over I'rom FnR- 
lahd' l'or it;' 

Miller'.'* loss is said to be 
wiiU over . $100,000 , on tho 1"'"- 
ductlbn, partly regained by. the 
sale. of the picture rights to 
l>aramourit for a suni reported 
af around :$75,.000. The. show 
was figured so important th;it 
a special souvenir booklet was 
gotten ui>, costing plenty and 
being put on sale with few 
takers at .the theatre. 

The play was a great Euro- 
pean success, but a good many 
roltes were .eut for the Ameri- 
can production as too rough. 
One of these Vhadi. the Mad 
Czar in iRts of temper •whiehs 
showed him to be much nuttier 
than the play indicated; 

iParamourit probably was 
also interesteid in the .stage 
' play. ■■■ 



EDDIE CANTOR ILL; 
mUES'' CALLED OFF 



Ziegfeld Show Not in Philly— 
2 or 3 Benefits Each Sunday 
Slip Eddie 



DALE'S DENIAL DAHFEB 

Tl»e rumor Alan Dale is to 
retire as dramatic critic of 
"The American" seems covered 
with mol.sture. . 

I)ale is ."^aid to have told the 
an\U»us ones ho isn't. 



Shakespeare Benefit at 
Met., Society Event 

■ The benefit staged aX the Metro- 
politan Sunday afternoon by and 
for the American Shakespeare 
Foundation, brought out an enor- 
mous : society attendance.^ . It pro- 
vided an oppoi-tunity for nea.vly all 
the stage sta;rs to do bits of their 
favorite Shakespearean . roles 



to. prove the indies were disposing _ Probably th_ere iieyer! has been a 

- 1. +W. o ri' ' f Vie. ^''riiTTHouiT it, « csc-amViln ' nf r>rninf>llt staiTlS 



of more tickets than tfie Couthoui 
offices. This was proven a physical 
impossibility unless the indies put 
their agents in front of the the- 
atres^ Couthouis brokerage is con- 
fined solely to hotel stands, clubs 
and buildings, and no -street sa^es 
have ever been permitted, 
. Tendency of the independents to 
cut-rate tickets in front of local 
theatres was uncovered here some- 
time ago. Agents of the independ- 
ents, working the theatre lobbies, 
have become nui.sances by button- 
holing, prospective buyers, and high- 
pressuring them.. Not Infreauently 
the seats purveyed in this fashion 
were found to be inferior and play- 
goers believed themselves victim- 
ized. 



$12,000 FOR DEBATE 



The Judge B. Llndsey vs. Rabbi 
Stephen . S. Wise debate on "Com- 
panionate Marriage" at Carnegie 
Hall. Jan, 28, was attended by 3,300 
people to a gross of $12,000. Leigh 
Emmerich staged the set-to on a 
$7 top, selling out in advance. 

Audience adjutlgod Judge Lind- 
sey, the "pro" debater, the wmncr, 
according to, mail ballots.. 

Customs Take Two Off 
"Desert Song" Train 

;, Newport, Vt.. Jan. 31. 
Norman Zelig and Mary Harri- 
son, understudy, both with the 
"Desert Song" ' coin pany. were taken 
from , the traiii horie last week as 
the show was eri . route ^^'9^^ Mont- 
real to Boston by itnmigratioh bf- 
. flcials. 

Zelig was foimd to be a Russian 
Who had' smuggled .'himself, into this 
country from Canada in 1920. lie 
■was returned to tiie Canadian s-idc 
of the border, leaving his -wife and 
•family In New York- city. 

Miss Harrison was found to be a. 
Canadian, Later she was alloWcd.to 
proceed to Boston, . when she had 
satisfied officers she.h.a*! been legal- 
ly admitted to. .this country. 

Wilton Lackaye Better 



WlltQn Laokaye, who suffered a 
nervous collapse several months 
ago, is oh the mend. He wa,s able 
to leave, his home for the first time 

. The. veteran star was rehearsing 
^yi th- ^a=^i>lay=^w-h en^s U^lcktf^n,^- ea I'lS^ 
this season. 



larger aBsembTage of^emincnt stag'c 
stars in one performance. It .startr 
ed with .'a prolog spoken by Mar- 
garet Anglin to a. sumptuous tableau 
of all the characters in Shakes- 
peare-in-one-volume whidi put a 
period to the performance in a 
blaze of glory. 

In between George Arllss and asjr 
sbciate. players did a scene from his 
production "of "The Merchant," 
Beatrice Llllie played Audrey from 
"As You Like It." Alice Brady aa 
Ophelia did the mad scene from 
"Hamlet," Walter Hampden jcave 
Hamlet's advice . to the players, 
Alexander Mpisfji sang a song from 
"Twelfth. Night" and Innumerable 
others did bits -from thp Bard's 
works. 

Finally Mrs. ' August Belmont 
made a graceful speech, introduc- 
ing Dr. John H. Finley, who. among 
other things is an editor of "The 
Times" and a Shakespearean stu 
dent of note. 

Klsie. Janis did an irnitation of 
John Barrymore singing "Bananas," 
that being the nearest, she could 
come to the classic atmo.'jphere, and 
right next Qucena Mario una Ar- 
mand .Tokatyan, of the Metropoli- 
tan. Opera, sang, the duet . from 
"Romeo and Juliet;" It was that 
kind ot an afternoon. 
; Names that .shihc in the Broad- 
way electrics wore programed in 
minor roles and maybe tliere were 
stars among the sujjors. ., 
In Minor Roles 

Sidney Blackmer, Henry Hull, 
Margato CJillnvore and PjStelle Win- 
wood had what amounted to think- 
ing parts in a scene from "Mid- 
summer Night's Dream." which 
alone made' . it a mcniorable occ.'i- 
sioh. Helen dahagan appeared, in 
the. "Forcsf oi; Arden" scene, al- 
though she had to take a late train 
td make a dress rehear.sal in Phila- 
delphia. - 

• The feature of the program was 
a Shakespearean medley, called 
"In Shakespeare's Garden," a gar- 
den setting with the Bard seated 
at a writing table in silence while 
his charalcters appeared in. brief 
scenes. Among these, to mentlori 
only a few, w<!re Edith Wynne 
MatthlsOn. Vivian Tpbln. Pedro de 
Cordoba, Margaret Wycherly, Julia 
Arthur. Madge Kennody, Jefferson 
de Angells. Clarence Derwent, Er- 
nest La wtord. Peggy Wood, Eva 
LeGalUenne, Minna , (rombel. .Tane 
Cowl, Katharine Cornell and Basil 
"llatK%one 



Kddio Cantor will hot be able to 
l>lay' again this season, according 
to his phy.'iician, Dr. Alex L. Lourla, 
of 149 New York avenue, Brooklyn, 
who . says that, as . sObn as he has 
.sufficiently recovered from the at- 
tack of pleurifiy now confining him 
to his liome, he v.ill have to go 
south. 

25ieg£eld:fa' "Follies." , to have 
opened in Philadelphia Monday, has 
been officially disbanded, according 
to Equity, and paid an extra week:s 
salary in lieu of notice. All further 
booking for the show has been caix^ 
celled. ■: ■■ . 

Cantor has been ailing all fall, 
laying off several days just before 
"The Follies" ' closed at the New 
Amsterdam in November, He weakr 
ened his condition by playing two 
or thref! benefits . every Sunday 
night, " despite .tfte warning of Dr. 
LoUria that he would break down 
Last Friday he played the Actors' 
Fund benefit while quite ill, With 
his back strapped up to ward off 
the pleurisy that threatened him. 

Cantor's ailment is described as 
chronic pletirisy. Saturday in New 
ark it was expected the Phila, cin 
gagenaent might be . suspended, the 
chorus girls being ordered, to report 
at the Ziegfeld offices at four Mon 
day af ternoon. . ,. . . 

. Tlie ;crew, five . 70-fopt. baggage 
cars and- several principals went on 
to Philadelphia, "They were ordered 
back late on Monday. 

The "Follies'' was. an expensive 
organization. The show played to 
:?35;000- last week at $3.30:in New 
ark without. profit. That applied, to 
tiio Boston engagement which also 
fin around $35,000 weekly. At 
Philadelphia bigger takings and a 
profit was. practically assured. 

The show was booked to play the 
new Erlanger there. 



Gaige, Book Pubfisher 



Crosby Gaige, show producer,. Is 
going into the publishing business 
In a big way. The producer will 
soon bring out under his own im 
prirtt nine volumes of poetry, Ac- 
tion and mlsceilaheouB literature, 
all in limited editions and most of 
them signed by the authors. 

Included in the list are "Letters 
of Joseph Conrad to Richard Curie," 
150 hitherto . unpublishied letters of 
the great novelist; a hovel by James 
Joyce called "Anna Llvla Plura 
i)elle"; "At First Sight," a short 
novel by'Walter De la Marer "Rem- 
iniscences of Andrea,"' by Gorky, 
translated by Katherine Mansflel.d 
An item of interest locally is a vol- 
ume of the poems of Helene Mul- 
lins. Miss Mullins is a frequent 
contributor to columnists in the 
dailies.- 

The books will range in price from 
$7.50 to $22.50 a copy. Bennett Cerf 
and Donald Klupfer. publishers of 
the Modern Library and the Ran- 
dom House books, will handle the 
di-strlbution for Gaige. 

GetshwmVG.G. Selection 
Jewish or Black and Tan? 

"The Dybbuk" as a grand opera, 
for next year is a possiijility-. • 

George Gershwin, It is said, is 
undecided between the Jewish play 
aiid "Porgy" for his first operatic 
attempt He may go abroad to 
study' first. / 

Jessel $25,000 Per Film 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31. 
Tiffany- Stahl has Geoi-ge- Jessel 
for two pictures to be made for its 
'28-'29 program, . 

First will be an original, "Schle- 
miol." The deal for Jessel's service 
was started when M. H. Hoffman 
was in New York. 

Jessel's salary wlU be around 
$25,000 per picLur.e.. 



Cinsy Censored lulu Belle' 
Cops at All Performauces 

. Cincinnati, Jan. 29. 
luilii Belle" flrilshed its engage- 
ment at the-Grand .Opera House liist 
week . on probation. .It scarcely 
missed being ordered beyond the 
city limits as an undesirable, so dis- 
pleased was City Manager Sherrill 
with the play. 

From Wednesday matinee oh two 
policemen, one in plain clothes and 
the other in uniform,' sat in at each 
perforniahce arid observed closely 
that dialog and situations contained 
in the "censor sheet'- with which 
they were armed were omitted by 
Lenorc Ulrlc and her ■ company. 
Miss Ulrlc responded graciously to 
the' censorship commands by Sher- 
rill. ■ . 

- Not a word about the municipal 
pruning appeared in^ the local press. 

The show opened Monday. The 
next day it suffered severe criticism 
by the four dallies, and came In for 
additional panning in the editorlail 
columns. 

Amonw the material cut out was 
the -pai-t In the cabaret scene where 
the dusky dan-cers . were permitted 
to carry on freely ; also the line 
following this scene of "This ain't 
no hotel." 

.Show grossed very, well on the 
\veek. ' thanks to a clever piece of 
advance work by Milford Unger, 
nianager of the Grand. He pepped 
up the advance sale considerably 
by advertising six days before the 
opening that .mail orders Were so 
heavy purchases of seats must be 
made at the box office. 

HARRY MILLER RELEASED 

Warrant on Peggy Hope's Com- 
plaint is Withdrawn 

Los Angeles, Jan. 31,. : 
After ■ making an investigation 
into the back stage battle at- the | 
Mayan between Peggy Hope and 
Harry . Miller, who appeared in 
!*Sunny," Deputy City Prosecutor] 
Cohcannon released a warrant for 
Miller's arrest. 

Miller appeared before Municipal 
Judge Bush and pleaded hot guilty 
to an a'ssault and battery charge. 
He was allowed to go without bail, 
and trial Was set for today CW®*^"®^- 
day). 

Meantime, Miller filed a battery 
complaint against Miss Hope. 



WAGNER GETS DIVORCE 
AND ALIMONY REPRIEVE 

Case of Wealthy Baking Comv 
pany Head and Fritzie Qual- 
ters Front-Paged in Detroit 

.Detroit, Jan. 31. 
The Wiighcr ■ divorce cilse, ." atur- 
ing Mrs, Gertrude (Frlfzle) Wagner, 
ex-.showgirl and sister of Tot Qxiai- 
ters, once a hpted Winter Garden, 
beaut, has been (jompioted. in local 
Circuit court, with Adolph B. Wag- 
ner awarded a dlvorc6.!and relieved 
of the payrtient of alimonj' by Judge 
Theodore Rlchtei:. 

Tho case, on trial for three weeTcs, 
received more publicity: than any 
similar litigation here in years* 
The salacious chargeis filed by. Wag- 
ner against his chorus' girl- wife and 
sensational details In tei^timony, 
front-paged the story daily.' - 

Wagner, former . partner ^ in the 
jlocal Wagner Baking Co., and lYitzle. 
Qualters were married in 1922. 
Wagner charged his wife with ex- 
treme cruelty and subsequent in- 
fidelity. Clarence E. "Bud" Hamil- 
ton, of thls^ city, was named core- 
spondent. 

Besides a 8lst:er of Tot Qualters, 
Mrs. Wagner is a sister of Joe Qual- 
teris, now here for the Remick Music 
Co. - ^ ' 



6 SHOWS "BLOW" 



Whereas "It Is to Laugh" was 
I suddenly reorganized after closing, 
three new ' attractions went off the 
boards last' Saturday. .THree other, 
recent entrants will depart this 
I weekeiid, and the Relhhardt German 
players, slated to close last week* 
are in their final week at the Cos- 
mopolitan. 

"The Patriot," presented- by Gil- 
bert Miller at the Majestic*: was 
taken off Saturday after playing one 
week arid three days. A fine pro- 
duction' with no popialar appeal, its 
continuation was regarded financi- 
ally hopeless. 



"THE PATRIOT" 
Opened Jan. 19. Vocabularies 
worked plenty oh this one» as 
the critical boys tried to ex- 
plain that .it was good, but not 
as good as it might be. 

Variety (Ibee) said: "highly 
bommendable effort* but popu- 
larity doubtful." 



"A Distant Drum," presented . at. 
the Hudson by William Harris, Jr., 
was similarly removed, staying only 
a week and two days. That Avaa 
apparently enough to convince the 
manager the show had no chaJice. 



Three Fight Plays 

Laurence Stalllngs and Herman J. 
Mankeiwicz, both of Paramount, 
have turned collaborators. They are 
working on a prizefight comedy, 
said to be based on incidents In the 
life of Stanley Ketciicll. 

Another pugilistic play is called 
"The Fight Racket," by Hy Daab 
and Ted Paramore, Jr.. the latter 
the author of "Set a Thief," last 
season.. Then tliere is: "Knockout." 
Crane Wilbur's adaptation of a 
I'Yench comedy of the ring, which 
Al Lewis is holding for next sea- 
son. 

"Diplomacy" in Chi 

George Tyler has switched book- 
ings on his all-star revival of ''Di- 
plomacy," playing Philadelphia this 
week. Instead of a flock of week 
stands, tlae show will play Brooklyn 
and Washington . and then Chicago 
for a run. either in the Blackstone 
or the Illinois. 

The Irish Players will follow one 
week^ behind "Diplomacy." Through 
a special arrangement with Equity, 
the Irish Players, are laying^ oft this 
week. . 



"A DISTANT DRUM" 

Opened Jan. 20. No enthu- 
siasm among first stringers. 

Variety (Abel) wrote: "sounds 
a weak clarion call for the box 
office." 



. "Carry On," presented by Carl 
Reed, was another fatality last 
Saturday. It played at the Masque 
for the solo week and was recog- 
nized as hopeless for the boxofilce. 



Youmans* Theatre 



Vincent younians' own tiieatre on 
Seventh avenun and OSLh sLicct will 
be erected on the !i.ite of the. Hotel 

Grenoble. 

i'he 28-year-old cunip"«er-|jro- 

ducer is at r)re«<»nt a.bnMil in Ber- 
lin, 



The. American Foundation is en- 
gaged in a campaign to raise $1,- 
OOd.OOO toward the fund to luiild 
and endow, a mcmorjal theatre at 
Slratfora-UlJO.n-Avon. whieli, tak.fe 
IL .from 1))% Finley, may^ be pro- 
nounced, with, an "A", a.^ in."".vait" 
(ir us .in "avenue." • ' . 

Th<' .Met benefit reali'/"^d around 
$:!4:ofi0. 



"Lurie**^ NSw^^eaipy*^ 

San Francisco, Jan. 31. 
The Lurle Iheati-e, often chrlst 
oned .and much -managed house, will 
becunie the Geary theatre in honor 
of the street it's on. 

Operation of thy house passois to 
Honier Curron noejil) and the Shu- 
berts. It la. owned by I/>Ul« R, 
1 liurie, millionaire rcaltOB. 



"CARRY ON" 

Opened Jan. 23. Hammond 
("Herald Tribune") pegged it 
"decrepid-old Tgraybeard/' -Os-- 
born ("Eve. World"), "one of 
the worst." 



"The Sliver Box," presented by 
Henry Baron at the Morbscb, will 
close at the end of its third week. 
Business; started ; arbiind^ $5,000, 
thereafter sloughing oiff. 

''White Eagle" presented at the 
Casino by Russell Janney. Will close 
Saturday. "The engagernent lasted 
only, six , weeks. '. "raklngs were 
around $14,000 and less last "Week. 
Poor at $5.50 scale. 



"WAY OTJT^ STOPPED 

"The Way Out" was scrapped In 
rehearsal last week with the cast 
receiving two weeks' salary. 

It wa.s to have been the lnltl?il 
prodiictlon of Ernest Harlng, who 
authored, Harlng withdrew the 
piece from rehearsal upon the claim 
tha t- It- nee ded revision. . - 



5 AMBITIOUS P. A.'S 

Five press agents have declared 
their intentions of becoming pro- 
ducers. They are, in addition to 
B6b Wilder, already announced, 
'Tbni Weatlierly, Alox Yokel, Bela 
Blau and JOo Phllllp.«5. • 

Some have capital and somo have 
plays. 



THE WHITE EAGLE 

Opened Dec. 2$. A second 

string assignment. . 

Variety (Sid) wrote: "Color- 
ful and tuneful enough to mdke 
it a success." 



^m--NightJn-lpeland,?!^sbinethinf^^ 
of a hodge-podge entertainment at 
Daly's, will go off after two weeks. 
"The Prisoner," announced to close 
In the Village last Sunday, holds 
over this week and is", desirous of 
moving uptown. "Mongolia" will be 
succeeded at the Mansfield next 
week by' another attraction, but tho 
manager of the former Is reputed to 
be .socking another berth. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



L E G 1 TIM AT E 



VARIETY 



4» 



HOPKINS' SHOWS IN INDIE HOUSES 
BACK OF SHUBERTS' CHI MOVE 

Lee Shubert's Reported Road Rights to "Excess Bag- 
gage** in Reprisal Show of Stage-— Beating Hop 
kins* "Burlesque" to Loop with Other 



Lee Shuljert owns the I'oad rights 
to "Excess Baggage." with the im- 
prosslon Shuberfs purpose Is to get 
play of Va-ude into Chicago ahead 
of "Burlesqu'e." , 

liast summev. when Arthur Hop- 
kins' lease ori the Plymouth ex- 
Tjlred he said he. would renew it If 
the Shubcrts shared on the expensp 
o£ taking out the stage boxes, Inr 
stalling new chairs on the lower 
floor and recarpeting the -house. 
Shubert refused, telling. Hopkins he 
could take it or leave it. 

Hopivins took it, but later .booked 
"Paris Bound" and "Salvation,' 
both of which Shubort wtinted. Into 
independent Brodd way theatres. 



Shuberts' Sure Hit 



Judging by the attendance, 
SArdl's . restam-ant is the only 
hit the Shuberts have in to-wn. 

Sardi's is a Shubert prop- 
■ei:ty, rehtod to the restaura- 
teur. 



WALLACE MXUTCHEON 
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING 

"Have a Drink" Note Found 
Under Gin Bottle in H^tel 
Room 



Equity Issues Form of 
KreGlorsVCo^ 



. A form of contract for. stage , dl- 

rectoi's who may b© niembers of 

SSSr'StSXs HoS^s'^tedl Equ^ been issued by that or- 

*H?^?'xcesB Baggage" ad was spot- ganization.. It is the flrst time an 

dfrS-Uy beneath "Burlesque'' in attempt - has been made, to protect 

J i ™T*h th^^ engaged n tliat work. 

*t^f tt;,^ 'BuJfe^ai^' " coS independent producers other than 
"Better than . Burtesqne conspic i ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Producing Man. 

^, f!c^ "Informed the" agency agers' Association, are required to 
ro^ that -if the two post a bond or cauh to. guarantee 
h.nndling his ^«"P^^ ^^ff - .^"^ JuJS two weeks' salai-y to the actors, but 
ads were . not .separated he ^^"'^H j^^^^t^forfe there has been no pro- 
withdraw his ad. tbfi renort vision, to protect th6 directors. In 



L.OS Angeles, Jiui. 31. 
Wallace McCutchoon, 47, is dead, 
killed by himself' with a shot 
through the right temple, Jan. 27, 
in his room at the Warnei; Kelton 
hotel' here. A liote left by him 
under k half filled, gin bottle read, 
"Have a; drink." . - 

McCutcheon had been out of . work 
for a long, while. He/ had hecn an 
actor in musicals, and pictures; Up 
to the day before his death, he had 
lived with "Will Morrissey at the 
latter's home in Santa Monica. 

when the police were called in 
by the hotel's housekeeper, wiio dis- 
covered McCutchegin, dead, , two 
cents were found and jsevcral hews 
paper clippings relating to Pearl 
White's doings abroad. ,, 

McCutcheon liian-icd Miss White, 
then the Pithe film serial star, in 
1917, she divorcing hhn in Provl- 
dejfce, R. I., In 1921, Henry Mc- 
Qutcheon, a brother, Is siald to live 
in iSrooklyri, N. Y. The remains 
were taken, to the morgue. 



"Excess iBaggagie'f and that the Chi- 
cago company would open as quick- 
ly as possible; ' ? ■ 

ALL-AMERICAN REVUE 
READYING FOR PARIS 



Troupe of 40 Due at Ambassa- 
deurs May 1 for Sayag 
Connelly Staging 



"Trans-Atlantic," an intimate re- 
vue with an all-American cast, is 
being readied here for Paris. It is 
to be presented at , the Ambassa- 
deurs by M. Sayag about May 1. 
The revue, to be along the lines of 
the former Ziegfeld "Mldhight 
Frolic," win be staged by Bobby 
Connelly, who will , . said with the 
company around the first of April, 

There will be a chorus of . 25. girls 
jind the . principals will number lo 
In addition to .Waring's Pcnnsyl- 
vanians. Also engaged to date ai-e 
John and Buster West, Myrlo. 
Desha and Barte. The latter, an 
adagio trio, iaf e to appear at the 
Kit Cat, London, and will then join 
the show. 



Edgar Selwyn*s 'Blondes* 

: Palm Beach, Jan. 31. 
Edgar Selwyn, here on winter va- 
cation, stated the item of last week, 

.in which it was reported he had 
bowed out of the London production 
of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Is 
without basis. The producer added 
that he had extended his contract 
■with William Gaunt for the English 
presentation. 

John Emerson, co-author of the 

--play--with^^nlta-Jx)os,- -is -..shortly, 
leaving for London, there to direct 
the play. Emor.son will also select 
the cast.. 

MARION GBANT'S HOME 

Providence, Jan 31i 

i'apery were . filed here the past 
week deeding the expensive . home 
©f Albert Sack to- his wife, Mai'ion: 
Grant, forriierly leading woman of 
the Modern Stock. Company of this 

city. ■ . , 

About a year ago Miss .Grant 
married Sack, well known sports- 
man and wealthy miiV owner, ,and 
left the stage/ He attempted Sui- 
cirle recently in a New York hotel, 
whon Mis.s .Grant wim.u info rchour- 
s-al on a new show. 



into financial dilficultles, the actors 
get paid,, but the directors lose 
altogether, having no other recourse 
except civtl suit. 

Under.' the new contract framed 
by Equity for directors, there is 
provision whereby clauses five and 
six on the Equity minimum con 
tract are made part of the director's 
contract. These cla:use3 refer to 
Equity shop and ai-bitration of dif 
ferences between managers and. di- 
rectors. A number of actors are 
also directors, also some former ac- 
tors now devoted to that work be- 
long to Equity. Other directors may 
use the new standard form. It does 
not apply to stage managers who 
use the regulation Equity contracts: 
The new director's, cpntract form 

is: . 

Agreement made this... 

diay of. .....«••••• . 19« • • • . » • Jjy 

and between ;• < • •.• 

("manager") and.............. 

(hereinaf tei' called . "directoi-.") 
1. The manager engages the 
director to direct the play now 

called . , , . . i ■ 

.liiJon the terms and conditions 
herein specified and the director 
agrees to render said sei'vices 

under said conditions. 

,2. The employment shall be- 
gin on or before the. . ; . ...day of 

-19 ... " 

3. A minimum of 

weeks' work and oompensation 
is guaranteed by the manager. 

4. The weekly eompensation 

shall be $ payable 

on Saturday of each week. 

B. This employment shall 
terminate • • • 

6. All traveling expenses, in- 
cluding hotel hills when re- 
hearsals or production is out- 
side of Manhattan Borough 
shall be paid by the manager. 

7. The director agrees to per- 
form his services In a compe- 
tent and painstaking manner 
and in a case of illnesa or other 
cause whereby he shall fail to 
p^form such services as afore- 
said the parties agree to abide 
by "tlTe"dcx;isIohs-of-the Actors' 
.Bciuity Association; which As- 
sociation may, however, in Its 
discretion refer any dispute to 
arbitration as hereinafter- pro - 
vlded. 

The provisions on -the face ot 
the Equity minimum contract,, 
standard form, "to be-aised by 
Independent New York . .Man - 
ager.s," . etc, . relating to all 
members of the cast being 
Equity members, etc., and relixt- 
ing to arbitration contained in 
the present standard form' in 
clauses 5 and C on the face 
thereof are heroby m.ade a part 
of this contract. ' 

In Witness Wliercof the 
parties havo signed this agroo- 
inent on the day and year llrKt 
a hove wi'itlon-, - 
■ Manager. 

~ 'lyir'-i-'tur. 



Wallace McCutcheon's fame as a, 
warrior , will he more eternal, than 
his stage, screen . or ,. dance floor 
career. Enlisting as a private in 
the EnglLsh army, he left it when 
the war ended as a major, receiv- 
ing. all promotions for valor on the 
field. Besides the high rank he 
emerged with, M&jot McCutcheon 
carried a silver plate in his bead 
and seveiral on his body, all caused 
by wounds .while in action. . . 

iTollowlhg the war aiid returning 
to this country where he Vras born, 
Mr. McCutcheon disappeared for 
about three years. He was located 
in a Buffalo, N. T., electrical plant 
and alleged he had no recollection 
of how he got there or during the 
period until his memory was. re- 
stored. ^ . . 

Returning to New York about 
that time, he latef became a mem- 
ber of the Earl Carroll "Vanities," 
remaining with the show for two 
seasons and acting as a isort ot 
master of ceremonies in the mu- 

Upon going to Hollywood, the de- 
ceased did some picture work here 
and there without prominence. 

Before going on the . stage, Mc- 
Cutcheon had become known to 
Broadway as a ballroom dancer, 
with his most notable floor en- 
gagement.-J performed with Vera 
Maxwell as his partner. Previously 
he had been a New York man 
around town and had done some 
painting. 

A very nice fellow with number- 
loss friends, all the misfortunes be- 
falling Wallace McCutcheon, and 
tiiey -were many, Avere attributed 
to his great war record, aomething' 
he never mentioned himself. 



%rid^Stops_WoolIcott 

Aloxrihder Woolloott, dramat- 
ic oritic of the "World.!' New 
York, was not permitted by his 
paper to review the Theatre 
.Guild's production of Eiigeno 
O'Noill's. "Strange ■ Int.orludc," 
opening at the Golden Monday 
• night. This was figured, among 
the insiders, as being caused 
by WooUcott's article In the 
current issue of "Vanity Fair," 
. caliod "O'Neill Until It Hurts," 
iii whioh Alex kiililod tho play- 
. Wright anil his new piny, The 
article .was re.sentod in many 
quarters as a ."sliir at a serious 
and then unproduced work; in 
■ other words, passing judgjiient 
oh a Pliiy as yet unrelous'od tor 
..publication and unproduced. 
Dudley Nichols, .-^tar reporter 
on the . "World," .attended the 
play for the "World" tind wrote 
the notice. 

Alex attended, but pun^ly as 
an observer. 

The Guild is said to have 
roijlst^ired no complaint a«ainst 
the Woolloott article in "Vanity 
Fair"* or against his reviewing 
the play, the agitation coming 
from the "World." 

WoQlIcott's contract. Willi the 
"World"- runs out this spring. 

Woolloott said he ; read "In- 
terlude" in script form, writing 
a Story about it for the Feb- 
ruary issue of "Vanity Fair." 
He figured the, magazine would 
be on the stands after the 
show opened. The play was 
delayed and tho monthly was 
available before Its. premiere. 

In not. being assigned to coyer 
the play the critic had no feel- 
ing about the matter at all And 
there is no truth in the report 
.that ho' Imd resigned. 



8-WEEK CLAUSE 
THROWN OUT 



Justice Tierhey Rules Re- 
strictive Proyisipn 
Invalid 



"Laugh" Revived With 
East Side Bankroll 



2 CASTS PAID OFF 

•Paradite" and "Enchanted Isle" 
Players Collect 



Claims of the players In "Para- 
dise," which appeared for one week 
at the 48th Street (at Christmas), 
were paid off by Equity last week. 
A week's salary was due because of 
the usual two weeks minimum re- 
quirement. The play was presented 
by Robert Milton, who had others 
interested with him In the venture. 
MiltCiff claimed the -Chanins were 
responsible. The check in settle- 
nient was received by Equity from 

that source, 

The Oppenheimer brothers, wno 
operate the Lyric, have paid off sal- 
ary claim!? due "The Enchanted 
Isle," which' played the house last 
fall. The house stood responsible 
for salaries, after, the , first week. 
The claims, ainounted to around 

$6,000. 

FABEE IN LONDON "SPIDEE'^ 

J>sli<> Faber, instead of. William 
Courtney, ' has been c.hp.sen for tho 
l.jiid In the Lrondim co.mpany of, "The 
.sjiidin'." It opens there at tho Win- 
ter Garden Feb. 27..- Engli.sh. rights 
hi:\(i bt;on takou ov.or by Gllb<.-rt 
Ali.ilcr but Albert Jjvwih will. dir<jc:t 
; th<' .«how.'. Lewis and Faber are 
\>:)\]hy^ from Now i'OL-k ivi.id.^y on- 

M;i,iir.>'e M.'.rhs and . Hl.ta Wicin:i.n J "Tho .Spider" in Loudun. wUh 

(Mi->-', Miivks) wore in . town "last ' Ainorioun caH. Tnst'.ad lOn.K- 

w. ck to up "I tMiii or Hliiiio," till-.- : ^,].,y,.^:^ vvill be used. 

,loo. i"M(jk niiirticiil .w)u.;h olosed Silt--! : — _ _ 

Mvdiiy af.tor iuro<^ w-ek.s at llir^, .SMn- j ^ ^ Gordon's Real Estate 

Uo.Hru.... •Hrya.n..nd I3orolhy Uuv. '^^j;^-^^^^^^ \ ..ir^r.^^a^^ ^T'J^ 

a.Mro.«s.-s. have romplrtod tho s.:npt i to hav e- ^^ <>^^^ ^"^J^'^''''^'^ I a rtai eflUt© aalefcmaBu 

of- a eom..-.ly. 'Mteneoted Glory." do-toruitr. Ii go.b <a«t, tub are .. 



'It Is to Laugh," recently closed at 
the Eltinge, reopened at th6 Forrest 
Monday. ' Its sudden, revival was 
something of a Broadway surprise 
Fresh backing by East Slders is the 
explanation, 

A group of downtowners ex- 
pressed faith In the Fannie Hurst 
comedy with its Yiddish' back- 
-ground._. They raised $20,000 for lt(5 
r^sumpflon, it Is reported. It was 
stated that f 5,000 will be. spent in 
newspaper advcrtlsine this week, 
with $3,000 going for space in the 
Ylddi.sh papers, tho. balance in the 
dailies. 

At the head of the Ea,st Side 
group now interested in "It Is to 
Laugh", aire Murray Agld and Hy- 
man Bu.shel, the attorney. 

Barbour, drlmmlns & Bryant 
produced the play. They have 
turned the i-roduction over and are 
to receive 50 per cent of any profit 
The trio-llrm announced the show's 
closing several, weeks ago, An extra 
week was added when. East Side 
money ilrst showed up, but the ex- 
pected additional coin was late and 
the show was shut. 

The cast is rcpoi'^ecl to have been 
assemi)led. Edna Hibbard, featured, 
cancollod dates to resume with the 
play. • ^ 



■Justico John M; Tieriiey's ruling, 
in the ease of Chanin Thea.trea 
Oprp, .against Philip RpsonAyasser , 
declaring that the eight weeks' re- . 
striction clduse in a house reivtal .' 
contract is legally u'li sound, means , 
that a manager, under the present . 
standard form of contract, can re- 
move his attractlon from one house 
into another . without fear of legai 
ostatlon. . 
The .facts as concerned Rosen- 
wasscr were, that lie took his "Oh, . ; 
Ernest'.' production . out . of the . 
Chanihs'- Hoyale iiito the Carroll 
after it had played first at tho - 
Royale. It lasted four rnoi^o . weeks 
at the Carroll at better house 
terms. . 

The Chanlns sued on the ground 
a clause provided, no atlractloft 
cou'd reopen at a rival Broadway 
theatre within eight weeks of hav- 
ing played the house, at. which It- 
opened. The Chanihs asked for ah' 
injunction and eight weeks' ^da^in- . 
ages at $3,000; a week,, their estl-. 
mated ho.ii.se rental. 

justice Tierhey. concurred with 
Ter6hce .J. McMan.us of McManu?, 
Ernst & Ernst that the Clause waa 
Invalid and Inadequately wordedi 
As interpreted it technically covers 
the picture rights, but as far as the 
oppo.'iltlon le&it house i^' cpriciem.ed, 
does .not bind. • . 

Joseph P. Bicljcrton, Jr., Is of the 
opinion thiig standard con ti-act has 
been a trade custom, dating back to 
a legal document the late David 
Gcrber of OTttcnhoefer, Gerber <8e 
Fl.shel first formulated in '1910. No 
showman has since tested its legal- 
ity until . the Chanin-Rosenwai36er 
litigation. 



May-December Bust; 
3-Day Divorce Record 



1st Daily's Guarantee 

has gmirantef'd an inocjniing- road . 
•Titraolion. 

It w.Ts fli'ni' hiT'-- iiy the -Junrniil- 
.I'or lliP' Thoati-e Guild d.'il.o. 

Actresses as Authors . 



DOCTORmG cook: show 



Probably a record for speedy dl- 
vorcing is tho marital liberation of 
Helen liendtrson,. "Follie.s" show- 
girl, as Mrs. Aaron Bencsch, the 
wife of the 60-year-old Baltimore 
millionaire. 

The May-December match was a 
bu.st from the. start. It attracted 
national newfjpaper attention and 
came to a formal parting of the 
ways after three months. The legal 
proce.«jS required only three days 

Respective counsol took fcure of 
the Uttlo details such as the finan- 
chil settlements, . etc., although 
IJcneseh malnt;iin,s.. he still i.s in love 
with tlie fonnf-r chorino. 

Thursday JVIIhs - JI'?ndorson filed 
. ))(■ r dlvoroo papers in Chloago, and 
1 Saturday. Ju.stioe Josepli fSabath of 
iOiio.au'j sat in jiidxnieiit "by ar- 
! t-'m>^.oin<.-nV, and awarded her a do- 
■f-r.-o <jn t)i<; Ki-ound of (•ruelly. 

A .J" oviou>ly r.-i.'ii.' divorce of tho- 
'aTr ri^ai;^TfrT7TiTrrTr^m-T'-=i n-<4bi('H go- -wan-i 
ilio' s:ix-day raof lor frf.'-dom by 
l-:t hoi ,<^hUt1 a f i-om V\'a I "-r l'«U chflor. 
tlio a,'coi)t. Mi-.- Sbiitt.i. is now Mrw. 
.'J( orgo Ol.'-fJi. 

1 i„ v.^.ivi •..(.il(i>i.«. Jiili.m T. Abi'l".'^, 



JAP ACTORS IN JAP 
PLAYS; 1ST TIME HERE? 

San Francisco, Jan. 31. 
Believed , to have been th'=' first 
porformance.s by a Japanese troupe 
of actors before an odoldental audl- 
enco in this country was the pre- 
sentation by Icklkawa litajl and 
his company of players. 

They arrived hero recently to 
open, a tour of tho principal cities, 
under the ausplbos of the Japan 
Society of Anjerlca. 

On the stiSfe of the . miniature 
theatre at the Hotel Fairmont two 
plays wore given each evening foif 
two succeeding nights, both draw- 
ing largely from the Occidental 
public. V 

The acting" of the Japanese per- 
formers Is strikingly similar to that 
by Chinese professionals, recently 
reviewed in Variety, excepting that 
the actors invariably sit or squat 
about the stage. There Is little or 
no gesturing, with a so-failed mu- 
.slcal accompaniment constantly 
given. 

On the opening night the visiting 
Oriental actors gave "Two Pines" 
and "Chlkara," the foppicr a two- 
act drama; the second a single act 
dramatlc--Bketch,= On -the^ second 
evening the plays given Were "Ten- 
Ichi-Bo" and "The Village School. 



Burgess' Dispute 

The claim of Dorothy Burgess 
againjst Sch wab and Mandel .ls to be. 
arbitrated.. Ml. ss BurgL-ss was. cast 
for tho Chicago company of "Good 
New.s" and given a run of the Play 
contract calling fOr a salary of $500 
weokly. 

Aftpr the show opened in Detroit 
.Hhe was replaced. Miss. Burgess, 
aft<*r reporting daily, was advised 
by ICffuity that .sho nood no longer 
roport, .since the m.an.ngfrs admit- 
ted liability. . ■ 
Xo .SJilary w.'i.s rooolvi-d by hor, 

and* after IMhit; . lai-ni : witli- lOciiiHy 
aibitration w.i..^ a'd'ood i.n.. 

DUFFY-BliLASCa PIECE . 

tor in a^s.Miaiiui) ■ uiih Uavid 
7>. l;i^('<.. will < ' 1^ i U -M'O- 

,l„..,;.jn "1 "Tl..' '^'•■■•v- liMv.n.-' 1..-W 
plav 1-y niC'.L J'iii.izIiMj, .^-.-onano 



In boi h af.'tion . 
N- W Voi-X lawii-r, opfiatintr thronwli iwrilor. 

.<;i,i.aKo , oirospond'-iits, ■ hIM)<'?h ed j n u^m m.-.l .o-U o . 
i lor iho. wives. Ident theatre ui heatUo,_ Jan. -J, 



imff.vV Prcsl- 



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VARIETY 



L E G I T I M A T E' 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



SHOWS IN N. ¥. AND COMMENT 



. Figures estimated and comment point to some attractions being 
Buccessful, while the same gross accredited to others might suggest 
mediocrity or loss. The variance is explained m the difference in 
house; capacities with the. varying overhead. . Also the size of cast, 
vi/ith consequent difference in necessary gross of profit. Vanance 
in buslhoss nece^sbry for musical attraction as against dramatic 
Dlay is also consideredi , . . .. . : . , „ 

.^<^assification of attraction, f^o"=^"Pf'=^*>^ V [com^dt^ • 

admission scale given below. Key to classification:^ (Setti ' 
P (drama) ; R (revue) ; M (musical comedy) ; F (farce)., O (operetta). 



'BW Catches $19,000; 
Barrymore Makes Talk 



«A Connecticut Yankee," Vundorbil 

■ (14th vV-ok) (M-SSiI-fCtiO). Ooo( 

tilings iw-'^ fi-^'t'ti'iJi' 
dtliiM-s only oninili.S; ■. us- u.sua ; 

• some H)f ncw-or I)i-iHluctlu.ns til- 

• ready, closr.l; ••yaiiUeo;' I.ikI over 

■ J-'.l'O'on: lasl Wc-Ok was bi^liest. 
■■ .normal.- wo(r_lv-..»?.iMOo ouoninir;. ca- 
pacity. • 

"A Distant Drum,",Ilii'l.sc.n (l)-057- 

- $3 30).' TaKen ofC «atiUHlay, la.'^t- 
ing wf^k and. -a haU';. slu'wed 
notlvinf,' at box-om'cc. 

"A Free Soul," Klavi- (4th wa-i-k) (C- 
•■836-$3.3'))'. ■ ::M6dorate. busineys.:' 
Witii cut-rate aid, around $8, GOO 
. last ' • week; satii^factory both 

.. w'ays; .fifiures to make moderate- 
run distance, 

"And So to Bed," Bijou (JL4th weiek). 

. (C-eOC-JS.uao. AUvaya. moderate 
money attraction,, but profitable; 

• with' cut-rate aid,, estimated 
arouiid $7,000 i-eceiitly. . 

"Artists and Models/' Winter Gar- 
den (12th week) (R-l,45e-$5..50). 
Expcctiition for new "Greenwich 
yillagc Follies" ; : present revue 
hot rated aniong lekdera; around 
. : ^24,000. . 

"Behold the Bridegraom," Cort (Cth 
week). (CO - 1,043 - ?3.85). . Costs 

: more to operate than average- 
dramatic attraction; slipped ofC 
last week, approximating $10,000. 

-"Broadway," Century .(72nd week) 
(CD-2,890-$'2.20). With twb-for- 
: ones, cigai* coupons and plain cut 
rates, last season's smash . now 
parlted in big hoiise; $18,000 last 
week. 

. "Biiriesque," Plymouth (23d week) 
(Ci)-l,041-?3.85;. Several of hewer 
hits alitiad of this early smash, 
but still doing great business; 
,last w.ek. nearly $21,(J^0. 
^ '^Carry On," Masque (C-700-$3.30); 
Passed out . Saturday, but one 
week; house dark. 
. "Cock Robin," 48th Street (4th 
week) (CD-5)fiO-$3.30). Doing. bet- 
ter tlian estiinated and figures to 
. makcRrade to some profit; qtiofed 

over $.9.00'^. ■ " 

"Coquette," Maxine Elliott'js .QStb 
week) (D-D4:2-$3.85); Always sells, 
out and ll.Grured among current 
•hita that will run into or beyond 
summer; $19,000 and more. 
"Diversion," 4!Uh : Street (4th week) 
(C-704-$3.30). Picking, up; an- 
other recent entritnt that started. 
Weakly and ■ now Indicated aimed 
for ' measure of - success; about 
$8i000 last week. 
"Dracula," Kulton (18th week) (D- 
914-S3.30). Aroro than holding 
own and looks set for balance of 
season; takings, past two weeks 
of $14,000, as good as early weeks. 
"Escape,"' Booth (15th week) (D- 
704-$3.30;, Picked up again; 
after strong start, eased off, but 
last two Weeks got around $12,- 
-. 000'; fV.ery good money' in this 
house! 

"Excess Baggage/' Ritz (6th week^ 
(C-945-$3.30). .Riding along to 
real business and ought to easily 
round out season; last week busi- 
ness improved again, with takin.gs 
jumping $8,000 and quoted ovc;- 



$20,000; ■ -fair' 



$16,500. 

"Five o'clock CSirl," 45th "Street 
(17th woek) (M-l,490-$r>..!)0>. ■ Tn 
big nioney; .husinekS.«i holding up 
well, with estimate'd takings not 
far from .$-IO,000. 

"Funny Face." Alvin (11th weekV 

■ (M-l.+OO-^.-^.ivO),. . .■\lso big, gross 
getter;. , si.nai^t,. .S.lM>Wi Lj,viUi_„sinarl 
'draw: virinai eai>;ioily after 'Tues- 

• day; estini.-ited closi^ to $38,000. 
"57 ■ Bowerv." WnHack's , (2d week) 
■ (D-77(,H$3.3(i).. Openejl late ' last 
week (;i.'in..L'(!): not ngonoy show 
and /indj<\'itl<)ns l.vardly favorable; 
inoi'(> do(iiiii(> 1mu< tlii.s^ week. 
'<Good- :i:ew.«."- Chnnin's. 46th .Street 
. ■ -(^ad. wec'k) (M-i:413-$;-;,r)0). Never 
.t)lays , to . ein])l.y seat.; musical 
...'smash slioiild -piaj'- year 'de.<<nit.o 

rohvi - coliVpaiiies; nearly. $-iO-,66o. 
"Hit the .Deck," T'.Pla SCO (41st we(>k) 
,(M'-1,000-$:')..")0V. ■ I/ist fom- Avee.ks, 
.hut doing (•,\eellent bucinssKi ];isl 
".week, gross- around $2l'.00(i-; ea- 
; paeity about $2.").000 ; . "Tlie liaeh- 

-clor Father'' Jiext iittraetion. 
"Interference," Lyceum (16th week) 
(D-9,T7-$4.401. Moved here from 

■ Empire Monday and figures to 
■last into sjirin.g; . $14,0.00 lately. 
Indicates "nf^at profit. 

"It Is to Lai-iqh." I'^orrest (fith week) 
,(C-liO]r)-$."..."0); After elo.s-eaweek 
. opened Monday; originally pla.vrf^d 
.. Kltinge to sm.nll money; fre.fh 

b^)Wking_ exLLl!U"s_ re.sumption. 

""Jii^ie'i^WSm^T^TrolIc-'-^^^ 
.week) . ((?-602-$3,P.O). . Climbing; 
not big money but profitable at 
more tlian $0,000; u.sing: cut rates 
and bo forth; i-ental arrangement 
. foi- roof hou-pe. . 
"La Gringa,',' Little (IvSt week) (CD- 
.l)30-$3..'io). . Presented by namll- 
toi) Mel-'-adden; written by. -Tom 
Cushiim-; ojifMis tonight (Fob. 1). 
"Lovely Lady," vS.im H. HanMs (Cth 



wei'k ) (M 
mo<.Ieral<'iy 



l.i'.TI - $r)..'')0) .' - Among 



suice.s.'^f ul mii.sieuls ; 



busineiis bettering 
■ grt)HS at ' seale. , . ■ ■. 

'♦Manhattan Mary," Apollo (19 th 
week) (■M-l,16S-$G.r.O). Qught to 
last into warm- Weather; .newer 
mu.'^ii'ul.'^. out - in front, but trade 
. here still okay; $38,000.- " ' 
"Marco Millions," Guild (C-914- 
$3.85). "Thi? Doctor's Dilemma'" 
(9th week) current, alternating 
with "Marco," whieh got around 
-$18,0U0 last week. ... 
"Mongolia," MahsTield (Cth. week) 
. (D^l,050-$3;3b): ."Atlas and Eva." 
. forriierly . called "Six Feet, Under " 
opens here next Week; curront at- 
traetioii playing to sihall trade; 
$3,000: looking for another house. 
"My Maryland," Jolsoh's (2is.tweek) 
(0-li777-$5;50), Figures to go Into 
ospring; altho.ugh never up in big 
money profitable and favorite for 
theatre parties; estimated around 
. $18,000. 

"Paris Bound," Music Box (Cth 
: .week) (C-l,00O-$3.85). Solid hit; 
sellout trade; last week." $23/000; 
scale lowered from. $4.40 as mat- 
ter c: policy; extra matinee Fri- 
days, starting this week, 
"Porgy," Republic (17th we^) (C- 
896-f3.30). Thinking of runhirig 
colored cast show into summer 
and porhaps- longer; standing up 
to excellent trade, with takings 
cofisistently around $13,500, 
"Revels," Shubert- (lOth week) (R 
1,395^$4.40). Isn't making much 
money but drawing; business late- , 
ly . around $19,000 wreekly ; even 
break. 

"Rio 'Rita," Lyric (53d week) (M-1,- 
395-$4.40)... Booking here, when 
moved . down from Ziegleld for 
eight weeks; business better than 
. anticipated, but due out la tie this 

month; last week $32,000. 
"Rosalie," New Amsterdam (4th 
■ week) (M-l,T02-$6.60). .One of 
leaders; ..demand exceptional in 
agencies and 'capacity for all" per- 
formances; rated over $48,000. 
"Salvation/? Lyceum (1st week) (D- 
957-$3.85). Presented by Arthur 
. Hopkins, giying. him three, attracr- 
tions oh Broadway (others are 
."Paris Bound" and- "Burlesque") ; 
Pauline Lord starred; opened 
Tuesday. 

"She's My Baby," (Globe (5th Week) 
M-l,4i6-$5.50. Getting business 
though -not rated in smash class; 
around $27,000, important money; 
capacity about $37,0(H). , 
"Show Boat," Ziegfeld (6th week) 
(M-l,750-$5.-5aj. Leader; few at- 
tractions have -had equal agency 
demand and none bettered normal 
grosses of "nearly $49,000. 
"So Am I," Comedy (2d week) (C^ 
. C82^$?.30). Opened late last week 
(Jan. 27); critics and first- 
nighters doiibted. chance of land- 
ing; more definite line this week. 
"Strange Interlude," John Golden 
(1st week) (D-{»00-$3.30). Eugene 
O'i^eill's long distance . drama; 
opened Monday at 5 p. m. yyith 
hour's intermission supper (not 
free) at 7; presented by the 
Theatre Guild.. . 
"Take the Air,". Waldorf (Uth 
week) (M-.1.111-$.4.40). House lo- 
cation m;iy be handicap; doing, 
.fairly well, but not what .show VC'f 
equal merit might do • in another 
hou.se; around $21,000,. 
"The Baby Cyclone," Ilcnry Miller's 
C21st week) (F-946-$3.30).. "While 
not- 'big, has l)een profitable; re- 
ported due out in three . weeks; 
$9.00O.-- 

"Th e G o hi rna nd to - Love,'-' Lo n ga ere 

(20th week)- (C-lv019-$4.40)-. Neat 
, , money niaker.; off : from . earlier 
pace, but still comihand.s Mass- 
draw; pritirip.'Uly - lower floor ;, 
ratod around $14,000. 
"The Golden Dawn," IlammcM-.stein.'s 
.-(11th week) (O-1..2fv5-$G,C0). Made 
the. grade .among seas;on'?!' inipor-. 
tant musicals; not capacity, but 
consistentiv over $30,0-00. 
"The Lad-der," IVlnVont,- (Oi)th week) 
■ '(D-517). ■ Million - dollar - flivver; 
weiillhy l):icker still- giving all 
Uck(>ts au-av; no one- else would. 
"The Madcap," Uoyale (l.st week) 
;(M-I,1t7: $4.40). Pr(«.senl(>d by 
. Sluib.e.rls; .Mitz'l .starred-; on tour 
for some weeks;, opened Tuesdayv 
■"The .Merry Malones,".. Krl.'inger's 
(19th week) (M-1.500; $5;.")0). 
. George M. Cfilian's niost aml)i- 
tlous presentation . and most 
-costly; getting- strong support, 
although nol eapacily: last. Week 

- aboiK $27,000. 

"The Mystery Man," Bayes (2d 
week) (I)-860; - $3,30). .Oi>t'ned 
--^late-=last--W'eek Ja nr-2C )-;=-iiidlca-- 
■tions point to in-between attrac- 
tion, native to root liouse. 
"The O pti m i sts," Con t u ry Roof (1 s t 

- week) (R-422; $5.50). Ton-person 
revue paUerned after London's 
"Tlie Co-Optimists"; co-opera- 
tive; opened .Monday. 

♦'The Patriot," Ma.testic (D-1,700; 
$3.85). Taken- of!' Saturday.- play- 
ing bul (>nivwe(.'.k and hjiH': .foi'- 
eign ^'-^ui'i' •.s.'., -possessi'd no appeal 
for tills isidj,'. 



LiGRQssEs ^MIKADO" TOPS 



San Francisco, Jan. 31.. 
Legits continue to hold . strong 
with hardly a weak spot in the list. 
Marx Brothers''. "Cocoanuts," in 
their second week of a three weeks' 
stay at the Columbia, .again led the 
tow'n. This despite, .diversity of 
opinion as to merits of attraction. 
Answer is at the box" ofnce, where 
a stiff $3.50 scale 13 In effect.. 

"Broitdway" has apparently cipiught 
oTr;""Sec&Ttd"We^l^'was-clO3e-t6-$20,- 
000, and everybody in town is talk- 
ing about It. . Looks like an easy 
, ighc weeks, maybe a few more.: 
Lioincl Barrymdre finished his third 
week in '"Laugh, Clown, Laugh," id 
the Lurie with business Arm, Indi- 
cations are fourth and final w,eek 
will show an upward movement: 
narrymore's- acting lavishly praised 
hereabouts. ,' 

Henry Duffy attractions continue 
to pills up nice profits. At the Al- 
cazar "New Brooms" was almost as 
strong in its- sixth week as on the 
opener. At the President business 
is also building. indications are 
'The Nightstick" is good for at 
least three or four more weeks, 

Sid CJoldtree closed "The Married 
Virgin" at his Green Street, moving 
th€: production . virtually intact to 
the Egan, Los Angeles. Goldtree 
followed . the spicy comedy Jan, 27 
.with another French adaptation ti- 
tled "The, Briddt Bed." 

' Estimateii for Last Week . 
CpLiimbia— "The Cocoanuts." Big- 
gest business this house has en- 
joyed this seasoa; second week, 
$23,000. 

. Curran — "Broadway'> is :. sitting 
pretty; scailed .at $2.50, the meller 
is appealing to a class that won't 
stand for the higher tariff; second 
week around $19,000;' great. 

..Lurie — "L^iugh, Clown, Laugh." A, 
long time since this town has en- 
joyed a performance : sucrh . as Lionel 
Barrymore. la giving; third week 
$ll,0iOO and profitable; one week to 
eo. 

Alcazar^"New Brooms." No stop- 
ping this one; playing to repeat • 
and. big matinee bla;. sixth week 
close to $6,000. - • 

President — "The Night Stick" 
Another . Henry Duffy hit; building 
every day; second week bettered 
$5,600; looks like sure winner for 
another month. 

Green Street — "The . Married Vir- 
gin." Wound up 15 weeks to around 
$1,500; big, considering Small over- 
head. • 



Los Angeles, Jan. 31. . 
• "Chauve Souris" ' miiius the porr 
Bonal presence of Morris Geat was 
nevertheless the town's smash last 
week. Belasco reported the munif- 
icent total of $26,000, heaps of jack 
for this frontier settl(?ment. 

More musicals in town than the 
realtors have s'een in many a sub- 
divisidh; /'Th6 Desert Song" was at 
the Mason and . okay At $13,000. 
'.'Sunny""at the Mayan still gallop-, 
ing in its 14th week copped $14;000, 
Shrine Auditorium held "Naughty. 
Murietta.;" and with the aid of its 
6,300 divans' gro-sstnl '$15,000. 

Moroacb, long under the manag'e- 
ment of the Oliver Moi-osco receiver- 
ship, began its new regime .under 
Gei-hold. Davis, management with 
$5,900 for "Oh, Mama." Ilouse is 
scaled at $1.25, and when taking 
around $6,000 on the week is well on 
the right side. 

"Kongo" did. $5,000 for its fourth 
«eek at the Orange Grove. Henry 
Duffy fmally called it, quits for 
''i^igs" after 12 W-eeks. with it at the 
El Capitan. Final week reported 
$5,000. ■ - " ' . 

The Music Box with "The Vortex" 
was down to $3,200 for :its fifth and 
exit week, ■ 





12 CHI 





7 Seript and Score -Dis- 
plays Total $l9b,S60—^ 
* Wife' Arbund $20,000 



"The Queen's Husband/' Play houb'e 
(2d week) (G-879; $3.85). Opened 
Jail. 25; after prfemitfo agency 
. demand, appeared llmii-d to front 
rows; better line this week. 
"The Racket," Ambassador (11th 
week). (C-1,067; ♦3.30). Holding 
to profit consistently; weekly 
grosses ahoye estimates , With 
average intake between $10,000 
and $11,000. 
"The Royal Family," Selwyri (6th 
week) (C-1,0,67; $3.85). Went into 
lead of non-musicals last week; 
' got 124,500, slightly topped 
-"Paris Bound" and "Mary 
Dugan." .f 
"The Shannons of Broadway," Mar- 
tin Beck (i9th. week) (C-i,19S; 
$3.30). Picked up last week at 
around $11,000 mark; looks set 
into spring, maybe longer. 
"The Silver Box," Morosco (3d 
week) (C-893; $3.30). Final week: 
revival, attracted little attention 
and business; "The Silent nc)usc " 
due here next week. 
"The Trial of Mary Dugan," X.i- 
tional . (2pth .T/veek) (D-1,1G4: 
$3.85). Dramatic smash; Virtual 
capacity trade since start ;in(l 
po.ssibility for holding over Inlo 
next season; $22,000., 
"We Never Learn," Eltinge- (i'd 
M^eek)~(G -892 ;-$3. 30.). First- wcck'i- 
business gave small indication (>l- 
show having chance; estim.ited 
l)it over $S,000. ; 
"White. Eaple," Casino (6th W'eek) 
• -.(1,477; $5.5J3). . Final, week; uii- 
der expectations from ."start ; $ 1 :V. - 
. 000 last week. . 
OutTside. Tinies Sq.— Little-^Special, 
Sir. Harry Lauder opened Anieri - 
can tour at Knickerbocker Mon- 
day; dated for four . weeks liiM r. 
Max Rei'nhardt season in Gerniai; 
^'Xteridcd pne week more (12th). 
.but annoimced closing Saturday. 
With players TCturning abi^oad. 
"The Merchant of Venice," Broad - 
hurst (2d week). . ; - 

"Caponsacchi," Wsllter Hampden's 

(2d week). 
"The Taming of the 
rick (l6th week), 
'version. - 
"A Night in Ireland," 
close Saturday (2d 
Civic Repertory; 14th 
ertory. 

American Laboratory theatre. Kep- 

^^ertoryj - " ^- ^r- — — 

"The Ivory Door," Hopkin.^, d.-iib 



Shrew,"' Cai. 
Modern dri.*: 



Daly's, 
week). 
Street. 



due 111 
ll-.p- 



matinecs except Monday; "Ten 
Nights in a Barroom," Trianglf 
"The International," New Play- 
wrights; "The Prisoner." Prov- 
incetown;- "Passing of the Third 
Floor Back," Da:venport; ^'The 
End of Most Things" nevei 
opened at Mayfair; Giovanni 
Grasso, Grand Street; ''Parisiana 
opens the Bdyth Totten ;Tlun>: 
day (Feb. 2). 



Chicago, Jah. 31, 
Chicago's 12 . legits are rolling 
along in a' fairly steady, groove/ In- 
dications are that business will re- 
main steady for the remainder of 
the season. 

Two new musicals, "Peggy Ann 
at. the SelWyn and the "Vanities" at 
tho lUinois, are . included in the 
count and have no ; kick coming. 
Two other newcomers are due in 
I-'ebruary, the "Silver " Cord" is 
.scheduled for the Studebakcr Feb. 
i!.: and "Good 'NeWs" cOmes into the 
l''our Cohans Feb. 19. 

Stiff competition, among the musi- 
cals, seven of 'em here, now, is the 
order of the day. , The seven furnish 
Chicago with a new irecordi , . 

"Two' Girls Wanted," which has 
been consistent . at the Cort, will 
move into the Princess .within- a, 
week. Its reputation, now estab- 
lished, may. bring biz. 

Estimates for Last Week 
"Criss Cross" (Erlanger, 6th 
Week), Carried by Fred Stone, has 
done okay business for a limited 
stay; with skillful exploitation might 
have been good lor additional r.e- 
■eipts; $34,000. 

"The. Squall" (Adelphi, 6th week).. 
JMovlng oiit to make room for the 
•Cai-dboard Lover"; did well enough 
I'or a sex play,' witli closing gross of 
$10,500. . - 

Kongo" (Central, 4thweek). No- 
ticeable increase, but not remark- 
.iltlc; with sulllcient. plugging should 
: ide along at present total of arotmd 
.■;.i.ooo. 

"Hit the Deck" (AVood.s. 13 th 
•.veek). Holding up remarkably well 
despite' six competitors; average has 
been $25,000. 

"Peggy Ann" (Selwyn, 2d week)- 
.Should do fairly decent business for 
iour or live weeks; Bill Koach can 
K-i-<U->-a'linost_anything in the SelCi'y u 
!))• Harris for- 'this ivcrfod,,. what wifl\. 
rUii) parties and - other specials; 

M-i.ooo, -. ■■ -• ■ 

"Two Girls Wanted" (Cort, Otli 
week). One week more and then to 
■ ilic I'rincess; g(>t $9,000 at, the Cort. 
"Vanities" UlHm'is, - ;-2d . week), 
i-.'.-iwing ..plenty.. o.l'. out-oC-LowJ-iCi'; 
ind .most -(if tli<> convention men;. 
.S:i0.500. . . ■ ■ - ' . - 

."Oonstaht Wife" . .(Harri.i;. 6th 
week).. I'icked up -a . couple (ii: 
.■yrand"; ei)jo.\s >,'ood ady.'mce sale 
:'n'(l should hold for a fair run; 
around $20,000. ' ■ 

•'•Just Fancy" (Olympic, 4th week): 
Holding on and making money; 
li;'Uored last- week by $3,000; doing 
viTV well ,'it $211,000. • 

"Behold This Dreamer" (Hlack- 
.slone. 6th week). Glenn Hunter's 
s li o w ^ prol)lenialieaI; grossin.g 
ai-ouiuT $10,500; 

. "A Night in Spain" (-1 (.'olians. lOlh) 
'.\ I't-U.l. Dependable-anil still giving 
reMl eompe'lition ; "(lood News" tak- 
in.i,'- .this house. over Feb. Ifi; ".Spain" 
■ ij iii>l,mo_- v:ej. to jin ( > t li e r hou so ifll'Usi- 
n i.'ss .warr-fi n tsy $;i',0-r)0, ' 

"Desert Song" (CJreat Northern, 
L'd week), Has been a good draw 



Erroll Quits Early, $15»- 
000; 'Spider' $18,000 



. Philadelphia, J£tn, p . . 
A -heavy downpour "fhurgday 
night, jtlst as attendance: showed 
definite signs of picking up to real 
strength, and' a hoWlin^ snoWstorni •. 
thait started Saturday tjoon, com- 
bined to, put a dent in grosses that 
might otherwise have beeij highly 
satisfactoiT- Result was a pi;om,- ' 
isilng week virtually ruined. 

Once again the Wintlii'op Ames* 
Gilbert and Sullivan revivals ..were 
the real' feature of the week. De- 
snite the storins, "The. Mikado" was 
within a couple of hundred dollars 
of $22,066, a gain of almost $4,000 
over the second week. This week. 
With all three operas being given; 
"The Mikado;" , "lolanthe" .. three . 
times, and'"The Pirates" twic.e, ' 
there is every indication that, the 
gross wilL to nearly $25,000. A 
lot of . the boys said it couldn't, be 
done in Phillv, hut if the tour is at 
all comnarable .to the local engage- 
ment. Broadway can count oti Ames 
rovivina: all /the rest of the series 
next whvter on Broadway; 

The Gilbert and Sullivan . com- 
pany actiiallv led the town. The 
most serious rivals, "The Love Call" 
and "Honeymoon Lane" both s\if- 
fered from we.ather and eased off. . 
Eddie DOwling's mu.sical claimed to. 
grdze $20,000 at the Krlangcr, a drop . 
of $2,500 or $3,006. But all. things 
considered.- that's, exceptionally 
good for. the fifth Week of a return, 
engagement .spotted, at . this new 
and by no means central house. 
"The Love Call" reported around 
$18,560, and still looks Strong 
enough to establish an indefinite run 
if the Weather betters. 

The fourth musical offering, 
VTburs Truly," was reported down 
to $15,000 or under in its second . 
week at the Shubert. Advance 
looked so weak it was decided to 
cancel the fourth week and bring 
the "Greenwich "V-lllage Follies" in 
a week earlier than planned, Feb. 6 
to be exact. . 

The four non-miusical altractifins 
were, cbllectively, hot so hot. "The . 
Spider" easily led. In, its opening, 
week at the Lyric,, this mystery-, 
novelty Claimed between $17,000 and 
$18,000, remarkable trade in view of 
the drop of the window buy, due to 
the storms. "Saturday's Children," 
in its second and firial week at the 
Adelphi. resisted the weather- h.andi- . 
cap better than many, probably be- . 
cause word just beerJin to get around 
on its merits. While comedy only 
grossed . abov t $12,006 or a little 
over, it iiicVed un, storms and all, 
beginning "Thur.sday. • ' . 

."Tenth Avenue," in the first of 
two weeks .-it the Broad,., claimed 
about $0,500, .and is rumored as 
closing .nfter the local engagement, 
"the Silent House" was about 
$8,000 at the Garrlck. Its fifth week 
in Ph illy and its~fhird house. This 
British melodramatic try-out did 
finely at the start, but appears to 
h.ave out-lived its welcome. 

The muddle of immediate lecit. 
bookings is becoming more compli- 
cated. The answer, of cour.se, is the 
scarcity of road attraction's. It is 
getting . increasingly difficult to fill 
■ (Continued on page 53) 



"Vagabond's" $20,000 

Washington, Jan. 31. 

Rather hectic week, for Janney's 
"Vagabond-Kingr!Mplayihg a^-retunn,- 
with the pickings mighty slim until 
Thursday, matinee. Things picked 
iip from then on until about $.20,- 
000 was rung .up. 

"Chicago," at the Belasco. though 
dropping; about $4,000 : below 
"Shangl,iai G.esture," the; i>rc(;eding 
.vveek. had . nice stay at arouiiU- $14,- 
OO.fl.- Meah\yhile, the. new --"La 
Gr:iiigo" :at the Nution.al Was ge.ttlng- 
praciically nothing. . '. 



and still is; still good at $2(1,000. 

GREENITEID, YID UNION PRES. 

. Jean Greenfield, manager of the 
National theatre, New York; was 
'elected president of the Hebrew Ac- 
' tors' X-nion, He .succeeded Louis 
Goldstein. ' . 



/•MEREY WIVES' " $27,000 

Kan.sas City, Jan.. 31. . 
- The Skinner-Fii^ke-Cro'sman Co., 
in ""the Merry Wives of Windsor,'* 
at the Shubert last week, are esti- 
mated to have done around $27,- 
006. - 

This --is the host gross ever 
reached by a .strictly dramatic at- 
traction ill. the house. 



Cast Gliiainges^ 

' Bill Frawley left "She's My 
BaL)y" at the filobe. New York, last 
Saturday. 

Hal SkoUy with "Burlesque"' at 
the IMymouth was forced out of the 
cast last week. Robert Gore .has 
been substituting since Friday. 
Skelly, with a heavy cold, Is expect- 
ed to rejoin this wcclt. 



Wednesday, February 1, 1926 



LEGIT LM AT E 



VARIETY 



51 




0JT RATES-OTHERS DOING BIG 



*^Royal Family" Goes to Lead of Dramas— "Show 
Boat," Musical Topper, at Near $50,000— Several i 
Other Large Grosses 



Broiuiway's . nxusicar . shows 
fitrensth stands but in this winter 
R eason. Nut o tily arc h alf a dozQn 
such attractions holding to great 
li'i'osses but others arc drawing Im- 
portant money; Out of 18 musicals 
but nve arc in cut rafes. 

Dranuitic , strength is ladting so 
far as most oC the Jnnuary entrants 
are concerned: Few have any 
chance. Most of the new ones have 
closed Several non-riiuslcals on 
the holiday card did. click and arc 
now leading the division. 

In the past 10 d;iys out of seven 
. now dramas three arc closed and 
the others are apt to shortly follo^y. 
Onlv "The Queen's Husha.nd''. secMus 
to have a chance for mofl«>rate. 
money. It .is jiot rated hot. in a 

ticket waj'. . , v • 

"The I'airiot." was withdrawn 
>-fno.iiT the .Majestic after a week and 
throe day.^;- "A Distant Drum 
closed at the lUnlson, playing a 
week and two days; /'.Carry On 
■ -was taken .off at the Masque alter 
one week; "We Nevev Learn" has 
eotten little to dat.e at the KUin.c^e, 
Ibout $3,000; "57 Howery;' is re- 
garded as having little chance at 
Wallack's; "Sn Am. I''. doosn't look 
any better at the Comedy, and 'The 
Mystery Man" seems in doubt at the 
■pnyes. ■ '■ 

56:60 for "Show Boat" 
. "Show Boat" CDivtinties to lop ihe. 
- field, with last wecU's gross .close .to 
.■$50 OOO. ' Scale for this, ■utiracti.on 
will be lifted to 5G.'iO aftvr next 
week, and weekly takings of $55,1)00 
are anticipated; '•Rosalie" Is an 
easy second, over $48,000 again last 
week; rated next are "Good Ne.w.s". 
and "Five O'Cloe.k Giil," aroimd 
$40 000; "Funny Face'' over .$38,000; 
close to capacity;- "Manhatlan 
Mary" the sa.me; "Kio Rita," $32.- 
OOO; "Golden Dawn" quoted at the 
same mark; "She's My Baby" and 
"Merry Maloncs," $27.,000; "Con- 
necticut Yankee" over $24,000, the 
best gross for a normal week since 
opening; "Artists and Models, 
$24 000; "Take the. Air," $21,000: 
"Hit the Deck." same, hut slated to 
leave soon; "Revels," $19,500; "My 
Maryland," $1&,000; "W:hit.e Eagle,'- 
$13,000, closing. 

"Family" Non-Drama Lead 
"Tho Royal Family" took the lead 
among the non-musicals last week, 
grossing $24,500; "Paris Bound/' 
with the scale lowered, got $23,000, 
but may again go out In front this 
week, with an added matinee Pri- 
days; "Trial of Mary Dugan" very 
strong at $22,000; "Burlesque, witli 
scale also lowered from $4.40 to 
$3.85 and buy. over also big at $2].- 



Shows in Rehearsal 




000;"Coquette." $19,000; Marc 
Million.^," $18,000; "Broadway" tin 
der cut rate, drivo the .saine;"Intei 
ference.""Porgy" and ''Cominand 
to Dove, $14,000; '^Rxce.ss Baggage, 
how rated' among .the hits, jvimped 
to $1(5.500; "Dracula,'' $14,000 
"Fsoape." $12,000; "Behold thi 
Bi'idegroom" slipped to around 
$10,000; "The Racket," over, $10,0(h) • 
"Shannons of ' Broadw.ay.'' sam. 
"Hnhy Cyclone," $i),i)00; ' "Coi 
Robin," over $S.()00; —A' Free J^oiil. . 
oyer . $8,00.0; "And fl<i to P.cd,'' $7,- 
000; !'Jnnniie's Wonu-n." :<)\''r 
•$li,O00. ■ ■ .' . . •• 

Closings 

Additional elosln.us Ti-oin Ihosi 
mentioned above are "Wliite lOagi 
Casino;- "The Silver' J '.ox," which 
•vvill lie reiilaced at the Morosco Ity 
"The- Silent .Hou.se"; "A Xigiit In 
Irchtnd," Daly's; Reijihardt.'.s CI.ei 
man players who held ovvr an ext/a 
week at the Cosmopolitan which will 
offer a new stock organiijation. "Tin 
Prisoner" . muy close in the Vilhig< 
although seeking an uptown hous* 
and "Mongolia'.' i.s also looking foi 
another bei'th. It will be replaced 
;it the M.ansneld by -''Alias-, a.iid 
Eva." first called "Si.x. Fe.<;t Tnder 
"Rain or SliiiieV will relight th 
Cohan; "Su'nny Days" will relight 
the Imperial; "Meek Mosr" is slated 
for the dark Princess^ Also nuMi 
tioned to arrive . n(ixt w(>ek - an 
".Quij,'ks,'i.nd" . and .'.^Mar.ria.go on ..Ap 
proval.". 

22 Agency Buys 

Sev(;ral- earlier successes . . W'-ri 
drui*P0d .from the. agency- buys, bui 
three new attractions were addvd 
and the total .relua.tn^^ at 22. Those 
added to - the list are Sir Harrj 
Dander,. ■ "Salvation" and "Tht 
Queen's Husband." The list: 
"Funny Face" (Alvin), '-Manhattm 
Mary" (Apollo). "Hit the Deck 
(Belasco), "Good News" (Cli.anhi's 
46th St.), "Salvation" t'Empire) 
"The Merry Malone.V (Krlanger). 
"The Five O'clock Gii-l" (44th St.), 
"She's. My Baby" (Globe), "Golden 
Dawn" (Hamrtierstein's), Harry 
Lauder (Knickerbocker), "Interfer- 
ence" (Lyceum), "Coquette" (Max- 
ine Elliott), "Paris Bound'/ (Music 
Box), "The Triail of Mary Dugan" 
(National), "Ro.sahe" (New Am- 
sterdam), "The Queen's Husband 
(Playhouse), "Excess Baggage 
(Ritz), "Lovely Lady'.' "(Sam H. 
Haiu-is), "The Royal Family" (Sel- 
wyn), "A Connecticut Yankee" 
(Vanderbilt). "Artists and Models" 
(Winter Garden), "Show Boat 
(Ziegfeld). 

. Cut Rates 
There were 25 attractions offeri'd 
at bargain prices in the cut rates 
up to Tuesday. They were: "My 
Maryland" (.lolson); "TlarVr^Del- 
mar's Revels" (Shubert); "^^hlte 
Kagle" (Casino); "Take the An-. 
(WaJdorf); "Lovely Lady" (Har- 
ris)-; "Baby Cyclone" (Hem-y Mil- 
ler) ; "Jimmio's Women" (Frolic); 
•'The Shalnnons of Broadway" 
I (Martin Beck); "The Ivory Door" 
(Hopkins);' "Taming of the Shre^v 
(Garrick) ; "And So to Bed" (Bijou) ; 
"Command to Love", (Longacre); 
"It Is to Laugh" (Forrest); "We 
Never Learn" (Eltihge) : "Behold 
the Bridegroom" (Cort); "The 
Racket" (Ambassador); "Intorfor 
ence" (Lyceum); "Magnolia" (Mans 
field); "Cock Robin" (48th Street,) 
"Broadway" ; (Century); "A Fret 
•^oul" (Klaw);"The Pa.ssiug of. thi 
Third Floor Back" (Davenport) 
i'Divcrsion'^ •(49th.:.-S.trcet);._j:''rhc 
Mystery Man" (Bayes) ; • "57 Bow- 
ery" (■S\''alilack's). ■ . 



"Three Musketeers" tl"lor< n/-, 
Ziegfeld). 

"Excess Baggage" Xo. 2 ( Har- 
bour, Crimmlns & Bryant). 

"Good Nev^fs" No. 3 uSchwah 
& Mandel). 

"the Medicine Show" (Tom 
McElphany). • " 

"The Mischief Makers" (Goo. 
M. Cohan). 

M a p r i a g e On Approval " 
(Michael Kallesser); 
"Chance" CArba Blodgett). • 
"Our Betters" (Messmore, 
Kendall & Gilbert Miller). 

* These Modern Women " 
(Rookmore &. MacGowan). 

"Clutching Claw," (Rarbour, 
Ci immins & Bryant). 



'Rome' Within $400 of 
S. 0.; 'Sidewalks,' $23,000 



Globe's Pro Mat 

WJiat is5 claimed to bt^ th<^ ri'.il 
^f cCoy in the way . of iVroression. 1 
nuithiees Is *o be given I'lida,.- 
..■iftc-rnoon at the Globe, wIkm;*; J'.cat- 
lii-e Lillio will perform "She's My 
Baby" for fellow professionals. 

.A...:.l.ssi6n Is by invitati ;i and no 
tickets will be sold, 'tis said. Ai 
(ilher special mats of tluvkind sinif 
tickets have been sold, btit in this 
inst.ance crashing. is by card only. 
According - to the aririounoemen! 
every seat will ..be occupied. li.y a 
star. It is understood some will 
d(H'line the gallery, even thnii.irli 
ihat is nearer milky ■VN'ay." 



)'(>;i(.l 
Loiiis F. 



Werba Buys "Nightstiek" 

Crosby- Galge has sold i he 
riglu.<5 of "Nightstick" to 
Wc)-ba, 

The crook play closed at the 
Co'hixn last Saturdiay. • Under 
Werba's management it will tour* 
starting February 13- at the River ia.. 



■ r.dstoii, ^.)an. ■ .Tl 
Bin v^.ck for l'.,>sti.iii :iu\l no ni.ay- 
hf.ali.inl it. I'.lcss ihe wiather Un- 
it. I'Mi'st s)n>\\ of scMsoii \\'U "Sat- 
urday, l.lix.zard- for a few.liiuirs, tlic» 
held oiY- fur niaiince and evening 
business. Show ag.-viu Sunday, l)tit 
who cared ? 

Shubert theatre took the lead 
aAvav friiiii the Colonial ^vith■. the 
•iGreenwich Village .l'\)lUes" and 
Itlaved t() a gate that passed $32, ^ 
OHO. "Sidcw a.Iks of New .York," 
at the -('oloniali had second rating 
with belter than '$23,1)00. ahhost ca- 
pacitv at. ilie se;ile. ' . 

"lload to UimVe," . at the Wilbur, 
was within ^100 of a seilro.ut ' and 
lh(> liist Sveek oi" "Tln- nesert SoTig'' 
at th(> .Majestic brouglit the S; Tl; (> 
out of Uu' nioth balls for a foiir-Jay 
sell out iu $l!l.r)00. .. "Plny'.s the 
Thiiv.;-." at the Plyinouiii, turned iii 
$16,.'j00, keeping up the pace set by 
"Broadway" and' .feanne'. Kagels. 
Tile l'lynioi\th, off the suViWay stem,- 
but in the midst. Ill- the gar^iges, has 
hoen the coiisisieutly slrcng Shu 
lierf ho.nse- this. seasijU.- , - . ■ I 

' "'rhe liith Mole," at tho^ Uollis. | 
had a weak, start, but closi>d strong 
with sellouts Urr the last days of the 
wei'k: ■ '-Wings," On the scree.n, still 
usuri)s the place Of lenit at the Trcr 
nioM.t. and is dohig well. 

Estimates far Last Week 

"Greenwich Village Follies," Shu- 
hert, Topiied for the week; high 
gate for hoiise in lirSt. week of two 
weeks' engagement; $:l2,ri00: 

"Play's the Thing," -VlymolUh. 
llolbrook Blinn rah stroiig.in lirst 
Of two weeks' eh.gagenient; flCjSOO. 

"Road to Rome," Wilbur. W'il-hin 
$400 of eaiiacity. Ih'st. week; .busi- 
ness .second- only to that of Ethel 
Harrvmore earlier in .season at same 
hou.se; - $19,500. 

"19th Hole," IloUi.s. Opened weak 
and closed . strong; almost sell o lit 
at end of week; $12,000. - ■ ' - 

"Desert Song," Majestic; Capacity 
almost reached,- and sell oUt on the 



Bill Brady Now Equity 
Member; Still Uses Script 

Williaui A. Ur uly bie.uii.i'.i mem- 
oir i.>r lOquiiy ],i>.t week. Ti>- nvin- 
ii-giM', who is a former aeioi-^ >.-ienpod 
Into -tlie lead role of "A Fr.'.- Soul" 
wh(>n Ij'ster Lon'ergon \\a'< '"oreed 
out throiijih illness. 

Brady- was a member' oi* toe de- 
funct l'i-|-)dncing Manager.s" .Vssoeia- 



tion which fought Equity duiaiig the 
actors' strike, of . 1!)19. He later 
joined the Managers* . Protective 
Association, which split away from 
the P. M. A... and signed the pres- 
ent Minimum Basic Agreement. .In 
retunuilg to. the stage, Equity Cillled ■ 
on hitii to V-'^tablish his .status. As 
a member of the old P, M. A. he had 
the privilege' (if ^expressing- his con- 
.scientious .objection to l<;qiiity. He 
preferred, to join the association. In 
either ease he would be required to 
p!iy diies. There are a few other 
better-known aeto.r-martagcrs -who 
belong to lOijuity: Among tli(> smaller 
(oaring eoniiianit's that is gi-nerally 
i triie, since the hianagers ,i1so apT 
|pe;ir ln tiie c.-i.st.s, . . 

Brady jumiiod in on a moment's 
notice. Late last week he was stlU 
using a script while playing. Busi- 
ness improved when the show 
moved to the Klaw last week. T.ak- 
ings' there were quoted oyer. $R,000. 



books for the second and last week; 
iir.st" week, ..$1?,.')00. . ^ 

"Sidewalks of New York," Colo- 
nial; Dowling shows seem to hif an 
average over $20,00.0 In Boston; 
$•"3 000. ■' 

"Wing?" (Par.), Tremont. Film 
okay at $lf5.300. . 

In the ofTlng: Chicago Civic Opera 
at the lioston Oi>era House ior two 
weeks, -Jan. 30 through Fob. 11 r 
"Yours Trulv" for the Majestic, Feb. 
6- William Hodure in "Straight Thru 
the Door," Plymouth, Feb. 
"Scandals" for the Shubert Feb. 6. 




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INSTITUTION 




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Gil Miller Sailed 

Gilbert Miller sailed for Europe 
on the "Aquitanla" last Friday, th>i 
sailing date being made to confer -n 
with: the approximate dosing date 
of Max Reinhardt's dcrman scJison 
here. At the same moment It wa.s 
decided to hold over the forfelgne.'p 
for another week at the Century 
with the a-ttraction now slated to 
close at the Cosmopolitan on .'^atu 

day. ■ 

Business during, the past thiye 
weeks took a jump, with a profit 
reported. Miller pointed out an 
error In the . report that he discor-. 
tinued his Interest in tbe Rcinhardt 
venture recently. The Germans are 
appearing under his direction. wiLh . 
no change in the original status.. 

"^MitKof • DivBterF^^ 

Seattle. Jan. 31. 
Mayo Methot La Mond, known 
professionally , as Mayo Methot, 
was denied a divorce here by Judge 
Taawell, because of non- residence. 

Miss Methot asked a divorce 
from John M. La Mond, of New 
-York, alle&Ing de-setijon, . 




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groups^ shoes alreadly re- 
duced have been still further 
cut in price. With these further 
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are now $7.85! Shoes formerly to 
$22.50 are now $9.85! Savings in many 
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52 



VARIETY 



LEG! TIM A T E 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



PLAYS ON BROADWAY 



STRANGE INTERLUDE 

KuKone CNulil's ulno-Hct piay. rroducOtl 
4>y 'J"h\-;itro Guild m tiui four'li proUuctio;! 
of tlii.ir lentil subsorlpilon season. Suirtcci 
Mou ldy .T.I Ti.!,") p. ni.; Aral live acts ran 
uuMl T.l'), with hiterml.Hj'lori . until » a'clOi,li 
for. 'linni-r. final curtain at- Il.iiu p. in 
I.>iroot(!i) by I'hllip Moellor. 
MKIzlhot'. $*.M top, 
CharK^s ,Mar.«den 

Prof: .Leeds..'.. 

Ninii Ijcodi!, 

Sam Kvans: . . . . ... ........ 

Edniuhtl rvnrrp'll . . . ... , 

Mrb. Amos Uvans: 
CJuniiin Evans, ils> a l>'\v; . . 
Macfvline Arnold;. . . , . ..... 

Goiiloii Kvaiis, as a inan . . 

SL-c sottlngi»— foiir ' inttjrloro; one on yacht 
and .one, panlen. 



Sottmh'.s. by .Jo 

, . .Tom Powei'.s 
. . . .I'lil.llli .tA'lgh 
, Lynn i-'oiUannc 
. E.Hrlo liavlmore 
. . .(?lf-nn .\nderii 
. . Helen Wo-Liey 
. Uliark'H U'alteiK. 
. . . Hthel NVe.sdey 
. .JoUn J. Hurn.s 



.iJvor since the Theatre Guild an- 
nouncecl. thut it wa.s g-oins to do a 
uinc-act plaiy by Eugene O'Neill arid 
that the audience would have to go 
out for giipper between sections, the 
g-appters have been Working over- 
time. Very funny, they thought, to 
have a play that would begin at 5 
o'clock in . the afternoon, allow an 
hour's interrtiission for supper and 
run until after .11. 

Maybe it did sound. funny. 

Anyway, the Guild took sevoh 
weeks for, rehearsals and opened it 
Monday night at the .Gol"3eri theatre. 




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There, were some 20 "curtain calls 
at the conclubioii . of the .show- 
cheers and calls for the authpr, dl 
rector and about, everybody' else. In 
other words, this long, long . play 
with ft smairca.st held Its audience 
tight and didn't lose a customer. . 

Nor will it; It Is one of the sea- 
.ion's clni^hcs and certainly the best 
thing by far O'Neill has ever written 
Tho prhlse sc(>ms to liave been unl- 
versnl on. the opening night except 
for one old woman who swore she 
was going to AvHte 'The Times'— as 
1^ 'The Times' doesn't get enotigh 
letters without bars— *nd kick 
against the plain laiigiiage; For it 
is plain, but never indec'eiU or of- 
fensive. \" 

\ O'iS^elll hais the soul of a .woman 
to lay bare, and act by act he does 
It, turning her around like a many- 
sided diamond, until all of the facets 
have been examined dnd appraised; 
In bringing out some . T the heroine's 
qualities there is some warm, warm 
descriptive, matter handed over the 
foots Okeh for b. o, blz^ but the biz 
won't depend on that. 

It is this play In which thek char -. 
actersi speak their mind in addition 
to those regular speeches ill ways put 
in the mouths of characters. In 
reality an adaptation of the solilo- 
quy form, O'Neill has his people 
make; a normal speech and then 
speak what they think. Much of 
this, of course, is in the manner of 
the fellow who greets a pest coming 
in on a party: 

"Hello there, old timer— glad you 
came along;" . 

And then, thinking: 

"'V^'Tia;t the devil did this guy want 
to butt in on a party for— he .makes 
as much noise as Pulaski — hope 
he blows soon.!! - 

In this play the woman, Nina, 
is ..taken. .• from early . .■vi'omanhood 
to mlddelaged widowhood. . She 
grieves, when the curtain goes up, 
over a lost lover, Gordon Shaw, He 
waa killed in the war and she hadn't 
given herself to him. "This Irked 
Nina right smart. 

So she went Into ftn army hos- 
pital and gave herself right and 
left to the boys until two friends, 
Charlie Marsden .and Ned Darrell, 
"advised : her to marry. Spun Evans, 
an up o,nd coming young fellow. 
She does, and Sam's mother tells 
her that the Kvanses are cursed 





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with insanity and that she mu.stn't 
bear her child. 

lilrgo abortion, and then the 
mother sijggests that inasmucli as 
.Saiii would loye a baby, she'd bet- 
ter have one, but get another fath- 
er for It without Sam knowing, Sa:m 
is the sort of a guy who Wouldn't 
know, anyway. 

Ned Darrell Js the father. From 
this point on there is the conflict 
of Ninas love for her husband as 
a provider; Darrell as a lover; the 
boy as a son and Marsdcn . as a 
father, for; a figurative father he 
was, always hanging around and 
getting his sex thrills Out of pats 
on the head. 

Nina is a selfish, aelflsh woman 
who grows more selfish as time 
goes on, until the last act, when 
attempts to keep her son by her 
side are thwarted by the boy's true 
father, DarrelL Sam ha[3 died mean- 
time while Nina and Daii-ell .decide 
that the ghosts of their prist are a 
bar to cheir marriag:© and Charlie 
Marsdcn. still hanging around, gets 
lier at last. , 

The plainness over the reantiohs 
of these people to their complicated 
arid intertwined life Is what makes 
the play. And It is a relentless,, 
cruel play in its way, never mincing 
words and neyer trying to create 
syhmpathy, but alwjiys trying to ex- 
plain. It does explain— and so much 
that every woman in town will 
hear about it and there'll be enough 
to see it before its run at the Golden 
Is over to entitle it to listing as one 
of: the season's major successes. 

Guild has 54.40 top on this show, 
the highest for that brgariization, 
usually $3.30, no matter what, the 
attraction, has ever charged. .The 
$4;40 top is on for several reasons-:^ 
the length of the show prociudes 
matinees, leaving but six perfonn- 
aiices weekly. While the b. o. tee . 
has bt'Ch lifted, the! subscribers still 
get tickets at the same rate, abcut 
?2.50 per orchestra seat. This, plus 
the fact that the matinee biisincss 
Will have to-"be accbmmodtited at 
certnin evening performances, holds 
the gross ■ down to. around $10,000 
weekly until the subscription penod 
goes off in about six weeks, after 
which the show will.be albe to gross 
neatly. . 

In cast the Guild has given the 
show plenty. 1/ynn Fontanne as the 
many-sided Nina has a long role 
which she plays to the niche of per- 
fection; ditto Tom Powers, who 
grows older and older so well; Glenn 
Anders and Earl Larimore round 
out the main quartet* of players. . 

Philip Leigh, Helen Westley and 
her daughter Ethel Westley, Charlie 
Walters (youngster) and .John J. 
Burns In smaller roles, fill In their 
roles nicely. Mr. Leigh and both 
the Westleys got away especially 
well. 

Settings are by Jo Mlelzlncr, six, 
and quietly rich. Not cheap but so 
simply constructed th(?y shift easily. 

Moeller's direction is . fine, for he 
figured out that technique by which 
the natural and mental speeches are 
differentiated without causing a 
break in the play's continuity. For 
this alone he rates a medal a:nd for 
the rest of his work he proves that 
he's as good a director as there is 
Jn town. 

Raves greeted this show all 
around. Raves from audience and 
critics. Everybody seemed im- 
pressed. 

Dinner hour Intel-mission idea 
worked perfectly and the house 
didn't lose a customer. Not an act 
of the nine bores and the mental 
speeches, instead of distracting at- 
tention, seem to serve to bring the 
audience into a grca,ter intimacy 
with tho problems of the O'Neill 
characters. 

No doubt about it— O'NolU has 
achieved, something great in tiiis; 
and by so doing has thrown buckets 
of discouragingly cold water on his 
dispar-agers. 

This makes the GiiUd's.foiirth suc- 
cess this season. 

And this will outlast, both. in fame 
and length of run, any of the other.s. 

It m.akes one vi^.ondei:— who.is the 
Guild's chief playwri.ETht— Mr. Shaw 
.or. Mr. O'Neill?. 



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QUEEN'S HUSBAND 

Comedy 'In- three acta tiy Robert Emmet 
.Sherwood. Produced at the Playhou.se Jan. 
2.-1 by William a; Brady. Jr., and Dwiffht 
neera Wlrhnn. ■ R■ol.^n<l -'i'ounj fi^tui-ed. 
Hta.iTPd. by John Crohiwcll. 
■Frederick Grantoii. ............ . /.Glyea Isham 

Phlpps. . . . ; : .'..... . ;. . . Ifldward. RiKrbj' 

I^ord Birten, "Wallace Widdewimbc 

Petley. ..;.,....,....,'. .Jarines H. MoiTlson 
Princess Anne....,,,..Kat,horlnC Alexander 

Queen Mai-tha.. Gladys .Hanson 

Lndy-ln-Waltlnff, . . Marffuerlte"Taylor 
Another Lady-ln-Waltljig. . .Helen On)mwell 

Gen. N'orthrup .Reginald Barlow 

Kln^ Eric VIII., .....Roland younp 

Major Ulent .Will'lnm Boron 

Sergeant . . John M. ' Jamw 

J.'>r. Vc'llman. ArLliur Haphoa 

IVlnce William...,-... '..DwiR-ht Fryo 

L.lker Benedict M.ocQuan'le 



Robert iDJmmet Sherwood, editor 
.of "Life," and playwright and col- 
umnist on tho .side, authored "The 
Queen's Husband," opening at the 
Playhouse .Tan. 26, the. same- therttre 
JhMjoXrored. tjiejfa^ie^ati^ h Igh - 
ly succes.sful comedy, '"The tlbad to 
Rome." : That the new play will 
approach tho record of "Rome" is 
diM'idodly doubtful. 

Events in the satirical c6me4y, 
"Th^ Queen's Husband," occur In 
the palace oif a mythical kingdom 
vsomowhero in the North Soa. King 
[Eric, lackadaisical monarch with a 
I refined sense of humor, rules by 
^groce his wife. Tha queen is 
dominant Mtd-4raperfMiA. aiM.i4oei» 



and says the things the king' should 
do and say until a crisis arises. 
Then it Is that Eric become^ the 
king, quietly righting the affairs of 
his land — and the queen likes it. 

"The Queen's Husband" Jias a fair 
first act, a bit long and somewhat 
slow, 1 ut lit with quiet comedy. 
The second act is not amusing, too 
serious, but the last act appears to 
be a llfesaver. 

. Of course things happen which 
seem strange as applied to a >egal 
household. As, for Instance, Prin- 
cess Anne, betrothed to a Teutonic 
crown prince, is given ah out by her 
father and she d(?parts on a steamer 
for South America with the- boy of 
her heart,, the king's secretary: 
That rarely happens in well-regu- 
lated monarchies, but there is the 
case of Mrs. Leeds and her son 
versus Grecian royalty. 

"The Queen's Husband" is accii- 
rately titled, for that Is Just what 
the play's about. Roland Young, 
whom many associate with the 
younger featured players, is the 
father of a marriageable daughter 
his hail- grayed with platinum dust! 
But he acts admirably, having a fiair 
for satire. 

Eric is for playing checkers with 
his footman, much to the disgust of 
the queen. He'd much rather bfe 
beaten at the game than, attend 
affairs of state, such as signing exe- 
cution orders for a group of reds. 
He has a fondness for the zioo; too 

At the opening the queen is about 
to depart for America, a barbaroiis 
place, she's sure. The author di.s- 
tmctly refers to the Visit of Queen 
Marie to these shores a year b.ick 
When returning and showing the 
king her scrap bookig there is some 
good fun over the pictures, with her 
posed with Charlie Chaplin, Marion 
Da vies and very often with Grover 
Whalen (New York's oflflcial wel- 
comer). . ': . .; 

Gladys Hanson as Queen Martha 
makes, some semblance to Marie in 
her manner of dressing and good 
looks. Also hn Imperious manner 
about Miss Hanson, although her 
underpining is .. anything -but . regal. 
She should wear all- her frocks to 
the ankle. 

Katherlne Alexander looked more 
the young Princess Anne, inheriting 
her mother's strong-mindedness and 
her father's sense of humor, so to 
speak. Edward Rigby was a good 
choice as the checker-playing 
flunks'. 

Reginald Barlow did his Job as dic- 
tator very well, while Dwight Frye 
made his Crown Prince a corking- 
character bit. Frye was only on for 
a few moments. His sallow make- 
up, little mu.stache, Teutonic dialect 
all went to make Prince William a 
real person. 

. In the cast Is Marguerite Taylor 
daughter of lAurette. It was her 
debut m Just a bit, but she attracted 
some attention through her appear- 
ance. 

V '^f^ ^^'"^'"^ "The Queen's Hus- 
band grossed . $10,000 in Providence 
the tryout^ spot. That is no small' 
feat for that town. Yet the show 
appears to be a class draw. If it 
cannot develop a real demand It 
cannot make the grade. Indications 

th^^moitti ^;:^^:^"'^ "^^'^;^" 

57 BQ WERY 

Win'jatn MorgfaTjstern presents Kd- 
ward Loeke'B 3-act • <?oniedy (wo^ta/at 
Wallack-s New Yorlc^.W/ .26. Edwa?o 
mvM Q*Jf.'^= Eddy Pddy Ad- the eettlnBS. 
David Scwiier . .y. '.Uymtin Adie:- 

Martlia Schiller Joan lilal- 

OlKa Petrokoff..... Kence Riisi'i 

Jake Rosenberg...; Saul Z. Martell 

Ed we.rd Raf ferty . . , Harold Hcr.Iy 

Edward Van Cllve Robert Brls'tr 

John South wood Wilbur DeRouRo 

Mary Clapperton Ann- Reader 

Mrs. Tewksbury Saint John. 

„ Eeda . Von Buelow 

Terry .Tonathaii Hole 

Manffold .Charles Lomlon 

MoNftlly. , Robert Blake 

Pearson...,.....; ..Alfred U Regali 

If it weren't for the possible film 
rights, offers for which have been 
made, according to Information, ".'j? 
Bowery" would . he reposing in 
Cain's asylum for iridigent plays, by 
Saturday. With the cinemoguls 
flirting for the flicker privileges it 
behooves Moi-gahstern and his 
Moadru Productions, Inc., to force 
the issue for a spelL Moadirii, the 
holding corporation, derlve.q Its 



nai..e from two letters each of the 
surnames of Morganstern, Hymaa 
Adler and Renee Rush, producer 
and principal players, who, while 
not featured on the program, iro 
given tungsten prominence outside 
the the;i.tre. 

The unkind .suspicious which al- 
ways attend the information that 
performers are asked to invest their 
own money in a production in 
Which they are .seen seems Justified 
with this play. While Adler, as the 
mellow, pawnbroker, gives a ha'*'- 
way .satisfactory performance, Miaa 
Rush (as the Gentile protege of tho 
kindly .Tewish Simpson, Is badlv 
miscast, as Is most of the support- 
ing troupe. 

Morgiinstern, a former Sunday 
night concert vaude booker, who 
edified Main street with such ou- 
er.as as "Sex," "The Drag," "Pad- 
locks of 1927" and "The Reckless 
Age," seems to be without his ele- 
ment a.s nn entrepreneur of disin- 
fected dramaturgy. 

^It was difficult to believe that 
Edward Locke, whose "The Climax" 
of a .score of years ago was some- 
what of a sensation, could have 
been responsible for the hodge- 
podge on view at Wallack's. Years 
and years behind the times, it is 
familiar clap-trap that could be 
almost entertaining were It played 
a bit broader. One has but to sam- 
ple such choice lines as "your 
pearls hav lost their luster" and 
".you mean: — -" with the signifi- 
cant pause as t^ie betrayed girl 
casts down her optics, to get the 
drift. ' 

Some other addenda that "this is 
terrible," with the retort "this 
could brf worse" and "but how. 
could it be worse?" en used some 
choking in the iiniriediate vicinity 
from tlio.se who setisod their mental 
reactions were being voiced. 

The plot is as transparent as a 
nhrht rlub hoste.ss' good-fellow- 
."hlp. One Icnows pronto that th<» 
hl-h. at friend of the pawnbroker's 
univorsity-educatod son is a no- 
good, and . that ho. will . bring dirt 
on' the house of David Sohiller. 

From the Bowery establishment 
Schiller mlermtos t.o mldtowh Fifth 
avenue, where 'Rd ward Van Cllve 
(n,ddresscd as Bob in the play) 
nledges precious baubles with the 
Sebillers on behalf of temporarily 
embarrassed society .ladies who find 
they can meet their bridge debts 
nnd the like In this manner without 
the perpsslty of visiting pawn shops 
and ghetto nelcrhborhood.s. 

Thp social rounder Van CHve is 
(Continued on page. 53) 



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Green Room Moving- 
Lambs' Club Sticks 



The Greeh^ Room club, whi<ih re- 
moy^d to its pre.«?f tit quavtbrs ' on 
West 48th street sevei-al years apo, 
must find new nyarters within sijt 
months. It la said a faulty Jense is 
the reason. For a long time the 
club was quartered in a special 
bu.ildinff on 47th street, but vacatod 
alter the property was. sold by the 
Actors Order of FriendRbip, Which 

owned it. . 

The lease on the presient home 
was termed for three and a half 
■ years. It was thought there was an 
optional clause : permitting an ex- 
tension of the rehtal for 21 years. It 
appears that provision was voided. 
The building at 19 West 48th street 
Is owned, by. Columbia University. 
A Columbia fratei-nity was sppttc^d 
next door, but moved recently. 

The Green Roomers contemplate 
securing; quarters in a hotel, a com 
mlitee; reporting that : suggestion 

Tuesday. 

On the samo 8ft oj-noon. the build 
iiic' committee of the Bambs re 
ported to a spocl.ir mooting on the 
proposal to sell the 4-lth sli-eet 
building and build elsewhere.; The 
oommitteifi is' understood to have 
advised against the move and siig 
gested the present olub be retained 
as is. A realty, operater . had oif- 
fered iin iittraotive price for • the 
property. A new site oii 45th street 
west of the Deok thentre had been 
considorort earlier. 



Choir iStrahds; Frisco 
Art Patrons Offer Aid 

.S;ni Friirioi.sdp/Jan. 31, 
Membors of the Florentine Choii' 
..stranded here, . appeared in covut 
yesterday (Monday) to press wage 
claims of $3,200 a'j,ai'n.st Frank W 
Healy, local ooncoi t ma.nager. Rep- 
resentatives of Herbert Floishacker 
and Wallace Alexander, wealthy pa- 
trons of the arts, told Police- Judge 
Lazarus no formal claims had been 
filed, but the' Otto Kahns of Frisco 
were- ready to dig down. The case 
will oome up again later this week'. 

Meaiu liile. some of the 16- choir 
singers have been given w^ork by 
West Coast Theatres. ' 



Lighters as Disturbers 



.since the autoinati'c i.^o- 
called) cigarot ligh:<.'r li;is be- 
come common theatro pairoiis 
have fallen into the . habit . of 
striking a light to read pro- 
, gi am.s .while the hoiiso i.s dark. 
•It keeps the ushert* -.Xranr 
tically running down tho ai.-ilcs, 
explaining it. is against 'he fire 
' laws. ■ ■" ■ , - 



PLAYS ON BROADWAY 



(.Continued from, page 52) 

the chief means ol contact witli his. 
society friends. He is .supposedly 
performing a ootirtebus deed for 
the Mesdames Van-This and Van- 
That, who are in need of a little 
ready cash. . The tony monickers 
are reeled off like so ml any Smiths, 
.and Jone.ses. Actually, after two 
acts of obvlou.sriess it is disclosoc: 
that each bauble has been filched 
by the social Raffles, who collects 
the. pledge money and leaves his 
security in the name of the womaii 
f rorii whom lie .stole them,. 

The kindly , dick, Ed Rafferty, is 
ultimately, instrumental iii fcu'cing 
a confession from Kid Raffles, .who 
uses a poison cigaret ;.as a 'suividaL 
meah.s to escape the pen. 

Pretty thii-k meller that seems to 
have been prepaired espeojully. for 
the Un.sophlsiicated Yid trade.' The 
presence of the kosher publicity 
experts who liad much to do witli 
"The Jazz ."linger" exploiiatibn 
downtown eviOenced MorganVtorii's 
knowledge that he would have to 
rely on the .JeWi.sh fans for; what- 
ever support "57. BOwery" gets; 

The miscasting of it all is more 
iigainst the play than' the elements 
."iUPPlied- by; its author,- who- wasn't 
.given as full ah opportiniity. as In-' 
niight. ' ■ . 

. Miss Rush, who is said to bo a 
wealthy divorooo, is financially in- 
terested, and Adler, ■ along with 
M.organstcrn, Earl CarioU v.and a 
r'onple of othei's, also have a \>ioi' '. 

Even with the Carroll in at his 
own house, "57 - Bowery"- oanudt 
hope to flourish oh 42d stn-'f. ; 

PrAYS OBT OF TOWN 

THE BRIDAL BED 



THE ARIIQS' MUSICAL 



.Peter Arno, "New Yorker" car- 
toonist, and' his wife, . Lois Long 
(Lip.-^tick), on the same publication, 
are completing a. musical comedy. 
Arno is- doing the music, lan.d Miss 
Long the book and lyrics in collab- 
oration' with Billy Griffith. 

Arno is a musician and at one 
time had his own jazz band, playing 
in the night clubs. He is also, doing 
some songs with Clarence Knapp, 
former mayor of Saratoga, known 
as a- column contributor under the 
name of Ambroze Glutz. 



MACHUGH, FREE LANCE P. A. 

Arthur E. MacH'ugh has Joined 
the ranks of free lance press agents, 
which field has attracted a number 
of advance agents this season. 

Solly Kann is associated witJi 
him. 



San Francisco, .T"an. 27. 
SIO rtoUVtree presents .a .four-Kot drdma 
by Charles' Mere. ■ Adapted from the 
Pi'enc-h bv G. Blfickmnn. Diroc tecl by 
ROward Re.lmi)nd. Presented ai t)ie Uroen 
Street. .Tan. 27. •. ' 

Paul Morton-. J. Anthony snLVthe 

Bllen Morton .Kllnore Jaek.sori 

"Captain" Harry Xoririg-.Kdvvard Redmond 

Edith Chandler..,.; Apotl'? Andre 

Oiok OhHndler .-. ..Victor nodiriaj.i 



franli. spccchos, but n\jUl in ooik- 
parison. 

"The Ri-itlal Ti-'iV' falls ^v^>.■^fUlly 
short of strioking lip ;<1'U1kshI>' 
"Till.' Sliirri'-d Virgin.* wV.u-h prt- 
cedod the atirat tlcm at the intimal.i- 
UtUi:-)' playhoutie down ip. iho Italian 
colony.: ... 

Originally a' Fron<.'h 'ilrania. with 
the locale in Paris and u l-'ron.i'h 
watering re.sort, BlooUn^an adaptod. 
It to an. American version with th<' 
opening sceiio in a hott.'l bif:drooih'Iii 
San Francisco; and the other acts 
■near .the .beach at Santa . Barbara,- 
,Cal. 

The. story is of a pair ut ncwly- 
\veds, tlie. Mortons, who arc a)>out 
to start on their honeymoon. 

Arriving in their hotel suite, the 
wife repulses all advances bf hei- 
husband, and' Hnally ■ confessvs | 
earlier indiscretions. Sh<' (t^lls lier ■ 
husband bvorything excepting the 
man's name. The man spurns her, 
but finally agrees to in:\kc the bosi 
of what, he considers a 'bail . situa- 
tion, 

A year later they have vo turned 
from' abroad and are lo«'avin'g at 
Santa Barbara for the sunnner. 
when Bllen (wife)-, meets ..old, 
. friends, among. then\ ]")ii.'k. <..'h;uidloi. 
(former lover) and .his wife. 

Morton finally traps hi.s wife into 
admission ' that Chandl.or is "the 
other man." " And It is ih( h that 
the tirade of oatlis s.ends .ihe wifo 
out. In the final . .sV-onc tli'n-e i.s a 
reconciliation between the .Mortons, 
after Ellen has fold Mrs. (MiandU-r 
jjf her ,'aff air. with. IJiok. lieriu'^od 
foVgiveiiess . Vjy' hor-.,-fri«."iid. Ellen 
craves a fina:l wi.sh, that IMok hr 
told that she (Ellen) ':lovrd him 
with all her' love and that .she wi-nt 
away." Keeping up the lie to the 
bitter end, as it were. . 
' Though intended as ' straight 
drama, the first night crowd at the 
little' Green Street was indiii.ed to. 
accept it hiore as farce. Hardly 
had the curtain raised bofoie guf- 
faws greeted a sittiatioh where 
Paul a.sks his wife to gaze at the 
pretty scene froni the window— .a 
window- "painted dull- .wll-ite : and 
plainly a solid wood ..hacking. - 

Despite the attitude of. the pay 
mob.' Smvthe, in the lend role, stuck 
to his part religiously, giving .'i 
fini.shied interpretation that really 
saved the play. ^liss .TacUson wa.s 
l>alpably nervous, though giving an 
excellent' pei-forman(-e,. Rodnian 
'.was a total loss as Chandh-r. while 
..\nette Andre satisfied in the in- 
jured wife role."- ' . . -"• 
. Not much attempt at sta.-;ing,. A 
rearrangement of luruiture and 
drapes 'served to answer for ihv 
hotel suite and the Morton, suranier 
cottage. ... 

In addition to the five principals 
there are . four minor pai ts thai 
have, little direct bearing on the 
action. If permitted to continue. 
"The Bridal Bed" probably can 
hold out through di-aw from the 
curious and the "intellectuals" foi- 
three or four weeks. But it's prob- 
leniatical.- j:(Urar(ls. 



witli ••! 5ro( :i\s :v h A ilU.i.o l-'.ii;:o- 
1'iiniins.r in wc-U i-;-i-lior than t xpoci • 
id; ■•rniiy," ?i:..i'i'io, ■ • . ^ 

"Diplomacy*' (ii.irricU, one \\cok 
unl.s.). dinri;.' 'r.">'li r's all-siai' 're- 
vival vii-tu;iliy s.il.l i>ut ln-fnre. t>)H'n- 
ing; - two cxrra ihatiii' vs inserted: 
has go.i>d chaiii-i' to bi at record, ol" 
"Trolawny" ■ last scasn'n; "Silciit 
Il(.)usi-" arotind $.s,iuui last week. 

Gilbert and Sullivan Repertoire 
^ Walnut, -4t'h AVCckV IndiVations aro 
for a .$il'."i,ii(i0.w<..'i-U this wci-k, \voaVh- 
er pi'i'ii.iitun.g; .: last. . week, despite 
storins, "Mikado" pot within .-i few 
hundred dollars , of $L'2,000 . and led 
thi'.town. 

"The Love .Gall" (Ohostnut, 4th 



\\*"-U1. (>p'a-<-!M i-i:V>-:'>' d X'i w York 
i-oudilious and is a ri .il hii ; l.i.st 
'\vi>>-k . tii'i" to $ls.,Vi", <lM«' !•<> bjtd 
wiMllpr; Slav nioi liiiil''. 

"The Spider" iLyri.'. •:<}■ w.-.i-k). 
l-.asily led- non-niusii'al-\ ■ wiili not 
r.-tv .Vioin $Ks.Miiii i-l.uui.cil;' oaulu to 
good for I'i.ght to in wim-i^.-^, but 
apparcnilv liniii<'d .. to I'lair. Hr live. 

"The Silent House" i.\dolphi, one 
Avci^k .onlyl. Briti.<lnn>'lodraina now 
In sixth iiical wook and fourth thca- 
tro; "Sattirday's i^hiUlrcfi" boat jrJ,- 
000 -and showed- signs of . pioldng up. 
into real hit class, when it le.'t. 

Eriariger. Dark this W(ok, due to 
cancellation of "Follies." "Iloucy- 
moon I.rf\nc" claimed aruond ^20,000 
last week. . " ■ 




NEW Y O R K THE AT R E S 



Ziegf eld's 3 Masterpieces 

NEW AMSTERDAM i;;;; ^^J^'' 

- Krl;nig.-r, Pnilnplinni jt. /li'Kri>UI, M'k, Ulr. 
Mats; Wed. and, ISnt. 

' ziKirFET.i') vnoinTCTioS - 

M ARILYN MILLER 
"ROSALIE" ,u 
JACK DONAHUE 




LYRIC 'niKAriiK 
xixxixv^ w, ^M St. 



. MATI Nlil-IS 

.. , .... . .. wi-:i), ,t SArr, 

Z1K< 5 Ki-n.D'S IXCOSll'A'RABLE 



RIO RITA 



^li!ilxj;£il,Uj,„,s TjitMlS, and SAT, 
The .-yil-AiMf^rU'iin MiiHioil t'omerty 

SHOWBOAT 

NOIIMA TEnnLS -H'OAVAUl) .SlARSlI 
t;\'A PUCK . SA.\).\fY "VVHITIS 
HKI.EN MOlitlAN 
.. KDNA M'.VV •QJ.lVBn- .• 

and CHAHLES. AVI^JNINGER . 



Strainge Interlude 
GOLDEN • 

Pi'lilu'C liuonul^siou- ot r.iiP hour 111 7:3.0 



Tlio Xlif'atre Oulld Vrem-nts 
Week J:in. '.10 

"THE DOCTOR'S DIIEMMA'* 

\V«'«-k i-Vb. ■«: ",M)irco Millli»n«" 

y^lllt r» Tlw-atr<\ W<''st.:i2ii Stroi'.t 
vaUlLr.IL/ .M;u'ini>ii.'i .'rliur.-;. .-p lul . S.-it". 

P O R G Y 

DICOliRI ir-''''!- 10V.-5. 8:'.)0 

KlCiJrUpi-il^Mt.s. Wed. \- .sat,, 2:10 



I VrriTM Tliea,. W. iS St, Kv.-i,- 8:30. 
Li I K^Mi,KJlVl ThuF,«. ;iiuV Hal., 2 :30. 




Dy RoluncI I^ertwee -and llurold 'Dearden' 



It's doubtful if the police will 
permit "The Bridal Bed", to con- 
tinue many, dayis unless there Is 
some drastic cutting of lines. For. 
pure, unadulterated profanity, noth- 
ing like it has ever been produced. 

The play itself does not come 
under the term of "objectionable," 
although it deals with a delica.te 
subject; but the cursing at the 
climax bf the third act is just about 
as rough and raw as ; could be 
Imagined as the htisband drives his 
wife from the house. 

The capacity mob greeted the 
lines with consternation, gasps and 
outright belly /laughs — depending 
on the viewpoint. There weto other 



PLAYERS IN LEGITIMATE DIRECTORY 



"niitliciv Uloixl-cnrdllnff." 

- Ilcrnld Tribune. 

.U0UA<:K I^IVKIIIOITT Prcsonta 
N'«'\V York's NowpHt SIuKlilor 

DRACULA 

mi Tr\lM THH.V.. \Veat 4Clh St, 
r.UL.lV/lN .MalH. Wi(?il.,atia Sat., 2.30 




"MIKADO" TOPS PHILLY 

(Continued from page 50) 



OF BROADWAY 

with JAM n.S ami I.l/CII.lS (iMiA.SON 

MARTIN BECK Theatre «fA%:.' 

13>-oa. 8:30. .Mats. Wed. and Sat., 2:30 

ERLAiGH^s"^^^^ 

Hvos. 8:30. Matinees ^Wed. & Sat., 2:30 
TITK CJIIRATE.ST LAUGHINQ S()NO 
A.NirV DA.NCE SHOW ON EARTH 



EDNALEEDOM 

"LOVELY LADY" 

At the Sam H. Harris Theatre, N.Y. 



CLAIRE NOtTE 

Feminine l.«i»0 
(BlUie Sl«>or«) 
"BROADWAY" 
Cnrrnn Thcotre, San FriUiolBCo, >ow 
MiuiAKenient JED HARKIS 



GARDINER HART 

Pacific Coast Company 

**HIT THE DECK" 

Majestic, Los Angeles 



MARIE SAXON 

CARE VARIETY,. NEW YORK 



CHIC— —ROSE 

YORK and KING 

■WITJI " . --■•^'- • 

"TAKE THE AIR" 
WALDORF THEATRE, N. Y. 



MISS . 

BOBBIE TREMAINE 

Featured Dancer in 

'*Just Fancy* 

GARRICK, CHICAGO 



ELIZABETH MURRAY 

Featured with 
'SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK" 
En Tour 



HARRY 



McNAUGHTON 

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" 

En Tour 
Representative— Louis. Sliurr. 



the eight local legit hou.ses, and to 
make matters worse, announcement 
was made Monday that the "Follies. ' 
at the Erlanger, scheduled to open 
'for three weeks, had to be cancelled 
because of the Illness of Eddie Can- 
tor, At present writing, nothing has 
been booked to substitute. "Three 
Musketeers" Is mentioned, but not 
booked officially. Following "Green- 
wich Follies" tlie next booking for 
the Shubert is "The Desert Song," 
March' 19. "The Love Call" is an- 
nounced as indefinite at the Chest- 
nut, although a special company of 
"Good News" has been repeatedly 
mentioned for about Feb. 20 at that 
house. "Spider's" tenure of the 
Lyric, despite fine trade,, is said to 
be limited, with "My Maryland" re- 
ported coming }n about Feb. 20. 
"The Silent House" is at the Adelphi 
lE-his week; -itr-fourth-local hOMse.-rbut 
the booking is for one wee.k only. 
Next week, fronj all indications, the 
theatre will be dark, 'with Irene Bpr- 
donl's "Paris" apparently set foi 
Feb. 13. Elsie Pergu.son's "Careers" 
wa-s mentioned for Feb. 27, but ha 
presumably been cancelled. 
. Next Monday, George Tyler, brings 
the Irish Players into the Broad for 
two' weeks, and on Feb. 20 "Tomnfiy" 
opens at the same hou.se. The Oar- 
rick has the all-star re-vival of 
"Diplomacy" this week, arid next 
Monday will offer "The 19th Hole" 
-.fQr th.ree wer>ks. After that will 
I come a second local. visit for "Abie'.s 
Irish Rose," a surpri.se booking and 
lone which .shows the sfai'<'ity of 
1 shows on .the. road. It will open V'-h. 
: 27, .with length of stiiy nof an- 
I nonncod. ■ The . Walnut hns. "Chl- 
i-capo" for two weeks after ihe fJll- 
j bert and Sullivan reviviils, and aft^-r 
!.that, nothing mentioned. 

It .all points to a very ciirl.v s<';ihiii,. 
heiv this. year. One .prf'dl<-ii«)n i> 
j.hjit. t_wo _or thieo bo!i.«''^: wjll. J'^ 
"Sloseci b^'MiUF"! ahVrtnrTmt a Vniriil.^ 
by June 1. ' 

Estimates for Last Week 
"Tenth Avenue" iHni.'id, 2i] \\r<u'. \. 
.Mi-lodrania got r;itlw.-r Kindly iif'ti-''-^- 
;i.nd fair bu.siness; aliout . $!t.."(('ii 
I cl.ilmvd, which ma.v b'- a lltUi- lil:.'))- 
' Iri.sh Moyci-s next. " .. 

' "Yours Truly" ffS)j*)b.'i-' , ncl .\vi-'-k.), 
' Leon ICrrol's mtislcil mor" or I's.- o!" 
., a iJop! Jtiuv*, fourth . uiii.'.-i* a. 



The MERRY MALONES 

with GEORGE M. COHAN 

nnd 150 DAKCINO COMEUIANS 
37«r GOOD SKATS AT fl.iO 



i^t ORt7 Thea., B'way & 46 St. Eva. 
V»l^^DEi (,.30. Mats: Wed, & Sat., 2:30 

(iJfABLES mi,Jj1NGHAM PreRentN 

BEATRICE LILLIE 

In a Xew Musical Farce Comedy 

SHE'S MY BABY 

with CMFTON W£BB 

JACK WHITINO and Ur..A SHARON 



. • AIltinjR HOPKIXS Pn-sonts : 

ID AU LINE LORD 

M^r- in "SALVATION" 

Dy .ftldncy Howqinl & (iiOH. McArthur 

IMVlfiKl:. ivway anil -lOlli Rt, 
Eves. 8:30. M.it.«.- "Wi^O, nnd Sat. 



m 



ADGE KENNEDY 

in "PARIS BOUND" 
Tiy I'hlllp Riirry 

MUSIC . OUA KvpnlDBS 8:30 
Mate. Wed, and 'Sat.,. 2:30. 



4i 



nURLESQUE'' 

A Coni«ly 



PLYMOUTH livcniilBS 8:30 
Mats. Thursday and Saturday, 2:30 



R O X IT 

rth Ave. nnrt 50th St.— Under Person.-il Dlr'ertleo 
of 8. L. ItOTHArEL (H(ixy) 

13 WASHINGTON SQUARE 

IIERSHOLT-AUCE JOYCE 
RUSSIAN CHORAL SPECTACLE 
BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA of 25 
KENTUCKY JUBILEE SINGERS 

ROXYETTE8 6ALLET CORPS 
ROXY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 



JOHN" McOOW.\N"9 New Comedy 

"EXCESS 

BAGGAGE" 

-■w l t h Tirlc- Drruhl^ r, >1 trlum -Ifopltins, . 
J<>iink M'-llugh, DuriN Katon 

RITZ THEATRE - '".'^f b>W^''' 

MATINKIOS '\VBD. and SAT. AT 2:30 



HAMMERSTEIN S g:3o. Mts. Wed. & ,Sat. 
Tel. Columljus 8380 
Arthur Ilammcrrttfln's Music IMay 



ii 





Presenting LOUISE HUNTER 

:i.lljri-t.tn by OTTO 'HAIIKAfnr find 

()si;.\i5 nA.M.Mi;nHTi-:iN, 2iid 

M,iO(.- liy K,\l,MKlH<'n KAI.MAN Wld. 

IIBHDKHT STOTHAJIT ' , . 



VANDERBILT ^'/ttiS 

Lew .Kif'I'l.H ;ind J-jIfS-n.. Andrews I'rp.sent 
THE MUSICAL COMEDY CLASSIC 
MARK TWAIN'S 

"A Connecticut Yankee" 

,.\(l;ililo<] by ■ 
KIKI.DS, U0I;KICS and II.\KT 



CAPITOL 
Broailway nt Sfflt St, 
Doors open at 11:48 A. 
rirwt Time at Popalar PrlcM 
RAMON NOVARRO and 
NORMA SHEARER i« 

'The Student Prince' 

. ON iriiK.^STAOE..^ .„„^:.._.: 

"DREAM GARDEN," a Revue 

rAPITOMANS, WAI^T BOKSNtjlB. Ot^eW 




4th and LAST WEEK 

CHAm.IE ■ "TH13 

CHAPLIN m CIRCUS" 

The Greatest Show of Mirth 

SMAnK fX U'WA* AI 
TRANL/ 47tl. S. 

Extra Midnight Hhiwlng Dally at »i:3« 
noifulttr MttJrk Strand PHceu 



WIIXIAM I'OX rrcscntH 




with Symphoiilo. Movl«.tono Atcotnpaniment 
\ri r. W, IMunuiii J'riMlu«'H"n 

I".-;tiurinj; 

JANET GAYNOR & GEO. O'BRIEN 

\Im) >'«x >Iov1«'1*'>'' N<'W 
'o -7 TtK-a. 42.1 Ht,. W..of D'waj 

Times Square. ,MUy, 3 30 & b:3«, 

.-^f.VlJ.N Y 'MATTNKH AT 3 



48th St. Thea., E. of B'wy ! 

Eves. 8:30, Mats. Wed. and Sat.. 
(;l TflKlf: .M«-< MNTIcj VroHentH [ 

"COCK ROBIN" I 

. . '.\ I'l.i y liv ■ • 

riiii.ir i{\Ki{% nmi +;I,.M»-Mt lti< ii | 



EVEWNCS 

WARNER THtATRE DVAYat 52c^ST. 



54 



V A R I E T Y 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 




(^here Must Be 



It 





(That's Shining For Me 



/ 



Dolly 
Morse 

PorothyTmi$ 

Greatest 
Lyri0 - 
Since 'My 
Wonderful 
One? 



|ARTIST]g copy! 

There Must Be A Silver 



V Xyric by 
DOLLY MORSE 



Modi® 



( That^ Shining For Me ) 
Fox-Trot Song 




Music by 
WALTER DONA.LDSON 



^ Themore I roamaTbout, Thenwre I dreama-bout a rain-bow, 

■ . lye beeasoblueia lot, I've had an aw-ful lot of . bad luck 



p 



1 rmi.i,/'^ 



Just hop- ing- that a 
An aw-ful lot of 



rain-bow . 
bad luck 



might soon ap - ^ar 
has come my way 



\ I ' I 



Every act 
•will be 
singing 

SILVER, 
LINrNC^ 






r ; f r r vr &y ^ ■ i^. ih iff 

1(1 walk a mil-lIon miles, lb find the kind of smiles that I know, 
Al-thoogh I sit and mope, I try to smilD and hope that Good Luck, 



Would bringa gold- en 
. A lit-tlo bit of 



a In - hnur nnilcVii^q so rin^r-i ' A1-f1iniic4i T ■ krv T raal - Iw frol 



rain - bow, 
grood*Iack, 



andski^s so clear 
w:ill come some dscy 



Although I tr^ I real - ly get 
Just liketho skie9,my eyes are so 




no ' ^ ..^ wh^re,' 1^ » ^rSome-timelm fiop - ing that get some ^ ^teref ,^ 

Some daj^Iiss La - dy Luck mig:ht say '* How dy:" 



cloud - ^ y 
CHORUS 



y -J oome dsyftiiss Lia 



Thcremustbea sil - ver lin - iiig'_^ 



Thats shm ing" for ' mB,t::=: 



Every 
Orchestra 
Will Be 

LINING 



YouH 
. fall - 
HEAD OVER 

HEEISIN 
LOVE'. 

With It / 



There must be a way of 



find - ing* a mes-sage of sym 



pa . 













r 


1 VJ-^J.J J 










JU! 


k 

jta 


Ut-th 


9 CO 


0 from the blue - bird > 


1^ ' Wou 


Id make a 


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4^ 


1 i J"~rJ iJ- Jii ..^"Tj^ - 1 , 1 =Fd 








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1 1 There must be i 


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AUSTRALIA : Allan Jc Co., Prop., Ltd.. Melbourne 



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IfeTNo.CIa 

1020 Renctolph St. 



lark St. 



'NTO 193 YoiiQe st>, 
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FROM YOUR. - 
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Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



MUSIC^RADIO 



VARIETY 



55 



BROADCASTWC STILL PHOTO 
IN 90 SECSM DEMONSTRATION 

Dr. Alexahderson Process Shown by N. B. C— Com- 
mercial Possibilities— Must Be Developed at Re- 
ceiving Point— Mayor Walker First 



■ BroJidcastiiig of sUll pliotograpiis 
which the National , Bi'oacleastirig 
Co. demonstrated to. an ' invitod 
audience of radio engineers and 
newspapermen is a direct step 
toward the ti-ansmissidn via ether 
of motion pictures. 

Already Television has boen suc- 
cessfully demonstrated to. labora- 
tory executives in the General Elec- 
tric Cb.'s Schenectady, N. Y., plant, 
but the process of ti'ansmitting pho- 
tographs and diagrams Over the air 
made possible by app.aratus devel- 
oped by Dr. E. F. W. Alcxandersoh, 
consulting engineer of the General 
Electric Co.; Is more. In line with the 



range.' Mayor Jame.s J. Wiilker's, 
picture was broadcast from- the 
NBC'S studios at- 711 5th aVenue at 
Suth street to:'its high-irowered Bell- 
more, L. I., studios and received back 
in the N. B; .C; studios. Another ex^ 
porimcnt had 0r. Alfred N. Gold- 
smith's homo on West End avenue 
ahd 82d street, .situated 25 miles 
from Bellmore, L, I., as the rece^v-^ 
ing laboratory. 

Reception is governed by the or- 
dinary radio- reception of the broad- 
casting station. WEAF conserva- 
tively has a range of 150-milo radius 
from New York. A network sys- 
tem of relayed broadcastinB. is also 




Mayor Walker. Over the Air 

. Two likenesses of New York's chief executive. To the l^ft as he was 
taken when speaking at WEAF, New York, Right vlpw as developed 
after 90 seconds in. going through the ether and received at the home of 
Dr. Goldsmith on West End avenue. 

While the air transmission reveals some distortions, though not un- 
favorably, of features, particularly, measurements of the two photos 
are. precise. -. 



curren;t practice of transmitting 
news photographs by land wire by 
what Is commonly known as the 
Telephoto process. 

The Dr. Alexandex'son. .Invention 
ntilizes the ordinary broadcasting 
station, sending the likeness thro'ugh 
the ether, and jreceivfng It through 
an attslchment hooked xip Tiifith the 
ordinary radio receiving 'set, 

.Instead of a loud, speaker on a 
radio receiver, the photographic, rc- 
ceptioa. box is hooked up to the set 
and the likeness comes through 
within 90 seconds of itis broadcast- 
ing. That is the length of time re- 
quired for the sending of a picture 
4% inches by 8 inches, such as 
Mayor James J. Walker's, repro- 
duced herein. 

Listeners for this experiment 
tuned to WEAF. A wavering note 
or high frequency .squeal, sustained 
for 90 seconds, was all necessary to 
Bend the photo. It takes about five 
minutes to be" developed like any 

o.ther photograph.. „: . . , 

Positive .Transmitted 

Unlike Telephoto, the negative Is 
not transmitted; but the positive 
print. From the print a negative Is 
developed, this requiring a develop- 
ing outfit, dark room arid usual 
properties. 

^The commercial possibilities of 
tills for news photography trans- 
mission at first thought seems best. 
What Its household po .sibillties are" 
are BpecUlatlye. 

The NBC test covered a 25.-mllc 



possible with the apparatus. This 
experiment will be publicly demon- 
.strated to an invited groiip within 
a fortnight. 

Dr. Alexanderson, who thrilled the 
world with his Television, Is re- 
sponsible for the new transmitter. 
No technical identification name has 
been given this means of photo- 
graphic radio reproduction. . 



Air Chest Fund Quatifel 
Brings Up Slander Bill 

Providence, Jan. 31. 

Senator Robinson, of Providence, 
introduced a bill in the Rhod? 
Island legislature last week pro- 
viding a penalty of a $500 'fine f0r 
slander over the microphones of 
broadcai^tirg stations of the state. 
Neither- of the two local leading 
stations knew of any particular rea-' 
son for tho bill. Rumor Is that the 
-author of the measure Is directing 
hli3~fire at a station -attached tea 
local theatre^ 

During a recent Comniunity 
Chest drive one of the pronninent 
sponsors ' was attacked on the 
"mike" by the owner of a. broadcast 
outfit. Sincerity of the Chest Fund 
worker was challenged and in the 
midst of' the air tirade was told "to 
go ahead and sue the speaker for 
libel or anything else." The only 
outcome of the affair to date Is this 
proposed legislation. 



RENOWNED FOR ITS FRENCH CUISINE AND PASTRY 

PIROLLE'S 

145 WEST 45th ST., NEW YORK 

Pirolle's Special Table D'hote Dinner, $1.25 Sunday— Noon to 9 P. M 
LUNCHEONS SPECIAL DISHES bAILY 



POPULAR PRICES 



and HIS ORCHESTRA 



NOW Hori'^r Mi'Kiir.KiiACii 

THIUO CONSECl!tlVl3 SKASON 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 

VICTOR BECOBli.'- 



HENDERSON MUST PAY 



Jury Gives Agent Verdict for $2,400, 
Weekly "Salary" for the Booking 



A- jury In. the New York City 
Court brought in a - verdict for 
$2,400, the; full amount sued for by, 
Al Herrhan, .the agent, against 
Fletcher ^Henderson, the colored- 
band leader at Roseland ballroojii. 
Herman proceeded on a.- contract 
calling for a weekly salary of $30 
a week from' Henderson for secur- 
ing the Roseland engagement: Her- 
man was a.\so entitled to 10 per' 
cent, commission oh all .outside our 
gagements, 

Henderisoh's contention was that, 
when he left Roseland . for a .road' 
tour after nine weeks at the Broad- 
way dance hall it; abrbgatod Hor- 
mo.n's claim.: The jury thou^cbt 
otherwise,', since Henderson re- 
turned to Roseland after a brief 
absence on the road. The decision 
gives Herman his. salary interest lr\ 
the life of Henderson's contract at 
Roseland.. 



RADIO RAMBLES 

By Abel 



MAY TAX RADIO AD 
REVENUE; SENATE PROBE 



Dodge Bros. Hour Prompts In^ 
quiries as Substitute for The- 
atre Admissions 



■W^^shington, Jan. 31. 

Senatie lea,ders, quote'd as having 
pledged their support to repeal the 
entire admission tax, are now said 
to be lookinir to the . revenue de- 
rived by the broadcasters from ad- 
vertising accounts.. 

Printed reports of-^ the large 
amounts paid for these vhipura . has 
caused considerable discussion with 
it now expected that when the tax 
bill comes up for discussion in the 
Senate, a proposal will be made to 
place a tax on these returns as a 
substitute for the theatre tax. It 
now being, considered necessary to 
have the revenue" to balance the 
loss of the automobile tax, 

Stalling on the conislderatlon of 
the bill is creating niuch conjecture 
as to Just what, will be done. Many 
predict that the automobile tax will 
go back to the raties as recom- 
mended by the Ways and Means 
committee of the House, but that 
the admission tax will go. As to 
how far the. new proposal on radio 
will get Is said to be dependent 
upon the manner In which it Is 
broiight out. It Is said to be a Re- 
publican Idea. 

Dodge Brothefs' $60,000 7 -iioui- 
brought the Idea to the aurface. 



Big Ad Agency Engages 
Showman for Radio Accts. 



- N. W. Ayer & Son;- ^^nterna- 
tlonaUy. famous advertisings agency,' 
has,engaged Gordon Whyte, a show- 
man of long standing, to take 
charge of that , ad vortl. sing firm's ra- 
dio accounts. 

Whyte win -work with Douglas 
Coulter on ,the Eveready Hour and 
the Victor Hour, which are the Ayer 
Co.'s two current radio advertisers. 
Ayer also handles Armand, beauty 
prepiaratlons, through the National 
Broadcasting Co.'s midwest net- 
work, a separate circuit working out 
of Chicago. 

Whyte has been an actor, stage 
writer and newspaperman for many 
years and was specially engaged by 
Ayer for his shownianly qualiflca- 
tloris, . with the provLso of a free 
hand in everything. 

The Ayer agency Is the biggest of 
Its kind in the world, handling Ford, 
Rolls-Royce, Chicago, Milwaukee & 
St. Paul Railroad, Kell.ogg's Corn 
Flakes and other cereal products; 
Armour & Co., American Telegraph 
& Telephone Co.. among scores of 
others. • ' 

There has been talk of Ford go- 
ing on the air, but that is not defi- 
nite. The comipetltlve trend and 
competition from General Motor's 
and the Dodge Brothers, regular 
ether features, may soon force that 
l."?sue.. 

The Whyte appointment Is uniquf 
in that an iadvcrtlRing agency utllr 
izing radio; has taken the Initiative 
where the N. B. C. refuse.s to com- 
mit itself. The latter stands, on. Its 
theory that frpnri within Its own 
■ FariU" .s""Wlil=^bl off.som--f ort-h- a- 
showman.' 



Di'U i'.ernie, working under wrap.s 
liul .without the usual H>>riil»> flip- 
pancy, which in a mon.'^uro ..'iltuost 
nave him a,n»>w ether personality, 
was in. c. of..the--Cion,o.ral Motors 
hour (Old.sniohilo) . H<M-nie's pro- 
gram wa.s all to iho musical oonu>dy, 
with the . ohoiVosc i)rodiu'ti(in .•^ong 
hits canned for voonl luul instru- 
mental rendition. 

Tlie curb on.BiM-nio is in lino wilh 
the N. 13. O.'s general ruling ag.'iinst 
all ad lib aiuiouiiooinents. Tlie ,Iol-.. 
sol and Rogers niisint.ci'i'ri-UHl i.'oin- 
edy on the LH)dge Uro.s. Vivim-v hour 
prompted this. 



. Strict Editing ^ 

■ Advertising bujiors . inspircil (lie 
N.. B. C. to edit an'd ronsor ovci-.v- 
thine in the futtu-e oxcopling ilio an- 
nounceni«>nts Of their own sin ff aii- 
nouneer.s. • 



. In these re'tnbii's from time to .lime 
will liirgot th«; steri'otyiXHl radio re- ■ 
vimv idea in lino with othor suggos- 
tion.s there i.s enough of that alroady 
in th^; daily pres.s; The preriii.se is 
well founded. Unlike a play or other 
stag© or screen amusement wivl.oh is 
prolonged, the nature of radio en- 
tertainment is so ephemeral ,aiid re- 
stricted to but a fow minutes up to" 
an hour that any serious critical 
analysis i.s wa.sted, unless it is. for 
general .suggestion, for a poniian^^nt 
hour. 



Criticising Critics 

: Donald Flamm, mariaging director 
and president of station.? WMCA 
and WPCH (Hotel McAlpin and 
Park Central Hote: , has prepared a 
lengthy criticism . of professional 
critics of the radio. Flamm has 



luui'h .of ijiti-r'-'st. I.O f-SiioiiiHl. and 
say.s it was iireparud ehiotly with a 
view for A'nritHy analysi.s and epn- 
sidor;(tioh;' 'l*ronUh'e ' to • dissect 
Flajnnv'.s. stuff, with mucli pleasure. 

Bernays'.Bull 

,.10ilwiird Iv. HtM'nays, p\ibli'' rda- 
tion.s I unsel extrarodinary, who did 
.•<iu'li . griM t work On bohalf, of tho 
]>oil,!ie r>ro.s,' Victory hour, is an- 
other. ,^,•llo alloges that the ountem- 
por;iry radio pre.'^a rctgarda Variety 
as a boai'on light in this i)roV)lem of 
radio, showmanship.' Any sugges- 
tions. I'ri ilio showman's vlv are 
avidly O'^vourcd by all concerned, so 
lOddie ,s'\ys. That goe.s for the radio 
h r 0 a (1 1'.'i s t e r s . av h o selJ - n d m i 1 1 od ly 
havo boon worx. around to' th(> show- , 
m.-in's slant on. radio. 

In tho past the propaganda for 
paid talent; was anarchistieally re- 
garded as a pipe drcain of a trade 
papor, . Varioty trying to put per- 
forniors on the pay rolls of broad- 
i'aiiting si.itiQ.ns whioh in.sist^d and 
pi.-rsisted \ they : had not the source 
of ineonie from which to pay off. . .• 
Tho advertisers and 'good-will ex- 
ploiters i)aved the way for that in 
short ovdor. 



What Is Any Showmanship? 

Radio showmanship. . What is it? 
How .can: it be aooompli,slied? It hits 
no parallel in tho theatre, Vjcing as 
new as radio, itself is. 



3l Dancers at Kit-Cat 

Myrio, Desha and Barte sail Feb. 
3 oh the "Olympic" to open at the 
KIt-Cat Club, London, Feb. 26. 

The dance team will play abroad 
for a couple of months, returning 
to picture houses In America. 



Isolated Station Quits . 
. Washington, Jan. 8). 
E A q , pi t u at .(i-d . at La I.a gu h a h .-i.s 
dl.«continued. This leaves no brofid- 
ensti'ng In the Wept Cen'ary Islahflp.. 



An 

Announcement 
of 

Extrdordinary Interest 




ERNIE GOLDEN 

AND HIS ORCHESTRA 



open at the 

KNICKERBOCKER GRILL 

Monday Evening, February 6, 1928 

MR. GOLDEN takes this opportunity to express 
to all of his friends in the prpfession his-sin- 
cere appreciation of their good fellowship, their 
good will and their good wishes during the past 
years and extends his hearty invitiaition to renew 
the old friendships at his new rendezvou*-— -the 
Knickerbock Grill, 42nd street at Broadway— 
where the new ^*Broad way Nights" will continue 
and where the latch key is always out. 




Farty-Second Street at Broadway_= 



ERNIE GOLDEN | 
Broa«lcii«»(lnB from '.Slfldori Vt'OIt I 



ERNIE GOLDEN 
K^-idrfN— All <'<>mp(iDieH 



56 



VARIETY 



M U SI C 



Wedniesday, February 1, 1928 



PICK-UP BAND CANNED 
ON 2D DAY IN ALBANY 



Albany, N. Y,, Jan. 3.1. . 
: The . entire baud sent to the 
Rainbo room - of the. New ■ Konmor.c 
hotel., with Ted Fibrilo, composer 
of a number of song' hits, was fired 
the fjocond ute.ht it was in Alliany. 
The band was . such a . flop in the 
eyes oC the three Murphy brothers, 
owners of the hotel,, that thoy 6r- 
. dered the ^withdrawal immcdiatelly. 

The nine men sent to the Konmore' 
.were... stranded . in Albany for -a few 
days tintil given carfare to retiirh 
to their. hoirieSi .Those.:men, It is said, 
were .a pickup band, some coming 
from Mfrxico City, and not members 
of Fiorito's own. orchestra, which 
tlio jMurplvys said the 'M. . C- . A. 
agents had . promised to; send to 
Albany.' 

When without ia band, Bob Mur- 
phy immediately .called upon Ro- 
mano,. who had been at the Keri- 
more for several seasons, to accomr 
mbdate him for a couple of nights. 
Phil sent hinri as . many men as 
available. 



Kenneth Casey has been installed 
as manager of the band. and orches- 
tra dcpactmeht of the. Alf T. Wilton 
agency. 



B «c D 

''SILVER BELW 
BANJO ARTISTS 

JOK ROItKKTS 
"Paderew Bki of the U^vDjp" . 
MONTANA '■ ' 
Cowboy ItnnJolBt 
ROV SMECK . 
AVlzord of ilie ^trines 

FRANK REINO 
New York's I/eaclinff Orchestra 
Ban Jo_ Artist 

: STEVE 1<R.AN<JU'ANE 

Baiijolst, I/evltow'o Commodore Hotel 
Urlll Orchestra 

SLEEPY HATX 
: With Hts Orohefltro, Venetian 
. Gordens^ Montreal 

CHAS. FRINK 

En-Route 

Vvv niastratid ~ 48-Pt»Be Comldncd 
CatnloK and S tiver Bell News — l!>ee 

The BACON BANJO CO., Inc. 

QROTON, CONN. 



Am. Society's Election 

■> ■— 

The annual , election of officers of 
the Amerii'an Society of Oomposers, 
Authors find I'ublishcrs practically 
ro-c!i'cred the •.•nvire ballot, with 

few chanKi't*- 

Gene lUick continues as presi- 
dent; John Philip Sousa and JLibuis 
Bernstein, vico.-pre.sidenta; Charles 
.K. irarris- : nnd . Silvio . Hein, .secre- 
tary and as.sistant secretary; Jay 
Wi'tinark and Joe Young, treasurer 
and as.sistant. • 

Director- publisliers are Louis 
Bernstein, Edgar F. Bither,. Saul H. 
liornstein. Max .Dreyfus, Rodman 
"VV. Fay (SchjiTner Co.)i Walter 
Fischer (Garl Fischer, Inc.), 
Ch.trles K. Harris, . Jerome: Kelt, 
.Jack Will.s, Gebfpe Maxwell, Will' 
Von Tilzcr^Jay Witmark. 

.Writer-directors are J. Kelrn 
Brenna, Gene Buck, Bud DeSylya, 
Silvio Hein, Raymond Hubbell, ^usr 
Kahn, Jerome Kern, Frederics : H. 
Mnrtejis,. . . Joe McCarthy, . .Oley 
Speakers, John Philip Sousa and 
Joe Young. 



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Geo. Piantadosi*s "Eagle 

Waterson, Berlin & Snyder .la 
bringing b\it a new Lindy song, 
"Lone Eagle." It represents George 
Piantadofii's first effort to erii ulate 
his composer-brother,, Al. 

Jack Glogau and Ray Turk helped 
George— a lot. 

. .During . the height of the Lind- 
bergh enthusiasm last summer 
about 30 songs were published by 
various concerns. Apparently this 
is .■ the first ditty celebrating the 
Mexican hop. 

Universal has a picttire current 
under the title "Lone Eagle." No 
hook-up. 



Sam Woodirig's band has joined 
Clarence Robinson's colored musi- 
cal; "On tiie Air." 



' London— PARI&-BRUXELLES 

MADRID— BERLIN-I-GENEVA— LUGANO 
PALM BEACH— NEW YORK 

HARL SMITH'S 

Lido Venice Orchestra 

A PAUL SPECHT UNIT 

Nothing "sweeter" In Dance Musle 
Now at BLOSSOM IlEATU INN, 
DETROIT 



ARTHUR FIELDS' WIFE 
ASKS FOR SEPARATION 



Mrs. Fields Alleged to Have 
Stripped Home-^Husband 
May Counter 



After stripping Arthur Fields' 
household in Larchmont, N. T./ of 
niQSt of its belongings and alleged 
to have deserted her husband's child 
who was; in a critical condition -.1 
a hospital, Selnla Adler Fields lias 
taken the Initiative with a separa- 
tion action, according to papers fll"^d 
in the New York Supreime Court. 
She alleges the songster, earns $15,- 
vOOO a year as vocalist for the phono- 
graph records. — il 

Fields U-T. a time this, fall waLs 
frantic as a result of an automobile 
accident to his son by a former 
marriage, which almost permanent- 
ly crippled the lad. . Only the most 
export and high-priced surgical 
treatment by spebialists, which de- 
pleted the Fields' fortune in sliort 
order, saved the boy'is life and rer 
suited In the present favorable con- 
dition. 

It: was at this time that his, wife 
left the Fields home, taking with 
her rnany of the household posses- 
sions; It prompted Fields to adver- 
tise a warning against further in- 
debtedness incurred by his wife. 

Kendli?r & Goldstein, acting for 
Fields, state thty will counter-sue 
for an annulment of the marriage 
on the ground the wife was divprced 
in Chicago at a time when she was 
not a resident of Ullhols. 



Viarvara Clicks, Re-signs 

Leon Varvara's click as the stage 
band leader and m. c. at the Stan- 
ley, Baltimore, has prompted Ed- 
ward .: L. Hymah, thre Brooklyn 
Strand's managing director,' super- 
vising executive of four Stanley 
theatres, to re-sign him. At the 
Earle; Washington, Whitey Kauf- 
man and band go in as the stage 
band feature succeeding Russ Mor- 
gan, opening Feb. 4. 

Owing to :the ^Chaplin "Circus" 
feature being booked for a run at 
the Brooklyn Strand, a reversal of 
sequence for the unit presentations 
becomes necessary. Hyman's new 
show opens -at the Earle, Washing- 
ton, Feb. 4, and returns to the 
:BrQoklyn Strand ; thence to the 
Mosfiue, Richmond, a.nd next Baltl-' 
more. "The usual sequence is Brook- 
lyn, Washington, Baltimore aiid 
Richmond, but the pencllled-ln two 
and three ..week starids for Chaplin 
and F-N's own "Patent Leather 
Kid" (Barthelmess) brought about 
the temporary change. . 



Malotte Must Pay, or Else 

LoB Angeles, Jan, 81. 
Albert Hay Miailotte, former pic- 
ture house organist at present con- 
ducting an organ school, must , pay 
alimony to his estranged wife, Mary 
Jane Malotte, vaudeville and 
cabaret actress, or else. Superior 
Court Judge Beecher miade this 
provision to Malotte when he was 
held in contempt of court for re- 
fusing to. pax separate maintenance 
awarded his wife last October. 



ART KAHN ENDS RUN 

Art Kahn closed a four weeks' 
stay at the Mark Strand, Brooklyn, 
N, Y., Saturday. He was the m. c. 
coming from Chicago after eight 
years, with Lubllner & Trintz. 
Kahn ha^ other New York offers, 
including a radio proposition, which 
may keep him east. 

The Brooklyn Strand gets Chap- 
lin's "Circup" for two weeks start' 
ing this .week, aiid does not re- 
quire a stage band leader. When 
resuming with Us ' units, Jerry 
Seers, .the house arranger, will 
wield the baton. 



Announcement Extraordinary! 

After 25 years, the co-authors, 
RICHARD H. GERARD and 
HARRY ARMSTRONG,. writer* 
of the World-Famous Ballad, 
"Sweet Adeline," have just com- 
pleted their quarter-century hit 

"SWEET ELAINE" 

the sister song to "Sweet Adeline" 

Quartettes, Trios, Duets, 
SingleVf Orchestras 
WRITE — WIRE — CALL 

JOHN E. HAYES, Inc. 
1595 Broadway, N. Y. City 



Silver Slipper, N. 0., Is 
Blown Up, Destroyed 



New Orleans, Jan. 31. 
Early yesterday morning the Sil- 
ver Slipper, nite club, .was blown up 
and completely destroyed by the fire 
that followed. 

It occurred one hour after the 
place had closed. 

A. Trambino, owner and manager 
of the club, asserts that the de- 
struction of his place was the work 
of enemies. 

The Silver Slipper has been New 
Orleans' principal point In the bet- 
ter night life of the town. 

It was the scene two weeks ago of 
Teddy Morse, 19 -year-old dancer in 
the place, rushing onto the club's 
floor, abliaze, her dress having 
caught fire In the dressing room 
from an electric heater. Miss Morse , 
died a few days later. 



WIRGES, REG. MGR., BRUNSW'K 

Bill Wirges is no ..' recording man- 
ager for Brunswick, in charge of all 
"canning" of Brunswick disks. 

Wirges travels between New York 
and Chicago; 




A CHOP HOUSE 
OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 

lSS-8 WEST 48TH STREET 
. Eatt •! Broadway i 



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Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



NIGHT CLUBS 



VARIETY 



57 



FEDERAL MEN TESTIFY 
FOR NITE CLUB OWNER 

Le Paradis "Ice and Water" 
Prosecution Brigns Out Con- 
tradictory Statements 



Washington, Jan. 31 
Attempt to padlock Meyer. Davis' 
Le Paraflis because of the sale of 
gingerale and cracked ice, which 
the government alleges Is used by 
patrons to drink their own liciuor, 
brought . out much contradictory 
testiiriony during the past week. : 

A policewoman testified that she 
saw 40 patrons, young and old, 
drunk In one night at the cafe. Two 
prohibition . agents testified that 
thoy were In the place on the same 
risht and saw nothing of the kind. 

Government brought in a surprise 
witness who claim.s he saW "\yhite 
liquor poured out of gin bottles*' 
within two tables of where Meyer 
Davis himself was sitting. Davis' 
attorneys countered by putting Her 
bert H, White, prohibition depart 
ment field supervisor on the stand 
He told the court of a conversation 
with Davis wherein it was brought 
out that, the immunity granted 
diplomats, many of whom are regu- 
lars at. the cafe, made enforcement 
a difficult task. Maj. White added 
that Davis' contention in this, re 
gard . was right, ' He also, stated 
that Davis had a-sked for co-opera- 
tion In enforcing the rior drink laws 
Ca.se is expected to be brought 
to a close this week, with decision 
from the bench looked upon here 
as important from a national angle. 

Davis' position has been strength- 
ened due to Prohibition Commis- 
sioner Doran's ruling that his 
agents should not attempt to serve 
padlocks with no other evidence 
than that cracked ice and ginger 
ale were being served. 

OREEN MILL REOPENS 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 

Chicago's Green Mill Gardens 
(cafe) re-opcried Jan. 25. The cafe, 
formerly owned and operated by 
Danny Cohen, was closed following 
the attack on Joe Lewis, now of the 
Joe Lewis Night Club (the old Ren 
dezvous).. 

Green Mill is now under the 
ownership and management of 
Ralph Burke. Henii GendrOn's or- 
chestra: furhishes . the music. 



Mile. Fifi's Successor 
Is Foreign Performer 



The smart numbers on Broadway 
don't . know What they're seeing. 
Budapest's star sdubret, a girl .with 
a general continental reputation, is 
doing a Mile. Fifl for Clayton, Jack- 
son and Durante. And standing tor 
the razzing. 

She is Lily de Lys, comic opera 
star of the "Vigsinhaus," Budapest. 
Six months ago Mile, de Lys came 
to this country with the Hungarian 
light opera company for a tour of 
the towns having a strong Hun- 
gaiian. population. . The. tour was 
niildly successful. . 

The company got as far west as 
Milwaukee, then came back to New 
York and disbanded. Thfe troupe 
went back: to Hungary. 

Mile, de Lys, with her . mother, also 
a member dt the company, remained 
in New Y ork, hoping for a chance 
at the local musical comedy stiagie. 

The game little soubret says, that 
conditions are desperate VfOt" the 
show people in Budapest anyway 
Hundreds of artistes haVe been 
driven to the capital by the closing 
of the provincial houses. Only one 
musical comedy theatre in IBudapest 
to take care of - them.. Conditions 
must be better in New york, she 
thought. 

Davidow Did It 

Mile, and mother took lodgings in 
Yorkville a.nd she made the rounds 
But she couldn't iget a job.. And she 
needed one. : Broadway never had 
heard of the vivacious girl who had 
played the Mitzl roles out in Hun- 
gary. Finally, the Shubert ofBces 
shunted her to Davidow, and it was 
he who thought, those three boys 
might use her to replace the un 
forgettable Mile. Fifl of . Club Dover 
days. 

Mile, de Lys' father M^as French. 
She had an authentic accent to play, 
and, ironically, she really is Jimmy's 
"groat international star!" The 
three boys recognized her as a 
trouper who had conimand of the 
art of strajghtlng. : They put her to 
work the day after she tried out for 
them. 

The salary Is nothing but it keeps 
her and her mother off the rocks 
And every night she goes through 
her razzing with the hope that some 
manager Is in the Parody. 

Lily de Lys is a~ performer. And 
those three boys get their laughs o.n 
the announcement: "Mam'zelle de 
Lys, ze great Jnternationial star." 



Reduced Rye at $95 



Rye, aubject to analysis, at 
$95 a case Is frankly con- 
ceded by a bootlegger to be 
heavily cut. Yet the lci?por 
claims the analysis will be 
okay and report say it's so. 

Another bit of info from the 
same source is that the llcjuor 
handler Is paying $140 a case 
for pure rye, from .which the 
$95 stuff is reduced. 

.About the only point .the 
legger refuses, to talk upon is 
how much he cuts and iiow it's 
done. 



Piccadillys on Brunswick 

.Molvlllo. ..Morris and hls .I'lOca- 
dilly riayors art' si^nod by Briins- 
wii'k to oxi^liisivoly rocunl Uvo dit<ic's 
a munth.' The IMi-Oadilly d;>m'i' 
band has built a rop as a s.oOio.ty 
dnni-e' opin.bination, . playing- par- 
tios, hops, otc'. 

•.Morid.s . is .I'aul:- "Whltcman's 
Vnitod Orohcstras' booUini? nian- 
iipcr. 'VVhltonian is an. oNoVusivo 
Victor artist . whlk- tlip IMi-radiDy 
Play(>rs, a fiufit .•string sub-oom- 
binntioii, is Brunswiok's. . 



[£y)INGM(M^ DIRECTORY 



IRVING MSON 



and HIS COMMANDERS 
Exclusively Victor 
c\o Variety* N. Y. 



TOMMY CHRISTIAN 



fWL FA6ELL0 



ahd His 

ORCHESTRA 

LOEWS 7th AVENUE THEATRE 
New York City 



FROM DETROIT 



and His Orchestra 

LOEWS MELBA 
BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

Dir. Arthur Spizzi Agency, Inc. 
1560 Broadway, New York 



ViNCENTtOl^^ 



and His ORCHESTRA 

Exclusive Brunsw.ick Artist 

CASA LOPEZ 

B'way & 50th St., New York City 



MME McMJJRPHEY 



And. hiB . 
KOLLEGE KNIGHTS 
■ . (Reg.) 

McDonald Theiatre Campa Shoppe 
University of Qregon— Eugene 



CHARLEY STRAIOrr 



ANtD HIS 

Brunswick Recording Orcliestra 
Back Home Again 

REN DEZVOUS-GAPE=^- 
Chicago 



IF YOU DON'T 
ADVERTISE 
IN VARIETY 
DON'T ADVERTISE 



JEAN GdLDKETTE 



Orchestras 

VICTOK RECORD.S 
Office: Woodward and Eliot 
DETROIT 



I MAL HALLETT 



NUE CLUB WRECKED 
AS "SPITE WORK" 

Wintergrcen Club on 46th St: 
Wholly Demolished Early 
Sunday Morning 



A few hpura after the manage- 
ment of the Wintergrcen Hin'M 
Club, .52 West 46th street, on the 
fourth floor, had closed ' Sunday 
mornlhe, maUGious wreckers en- 
tered the club and with several fir.? 
axes did a better job than the pro- 
hibition forces did to Helen . Mor- 
gan's club recently. 

The cliib is not far from 5th. ave- 
nue. It has a nice clientele. 
Michael G. Winters, of the Stanley 
Hotel, Is said to be the owner and 
Harry Green, the manager, accord- 
ing to the police of the West 47th 
street station.. Winters and Green 
had left about ah hour before thv" 
"club, wreckers'* entered. 

In the street below was Patrol- 
man Richard Gunnip of the West 
47th street station. He was trying 
doors' shortly after 8 a. m. when he 
heard sounds of destruction up 
stairs. Gunnip hurried into the 
•building with drawn gun. As hp 
reached the club floor he heard the 
elevator , descend. 

He raced downstairia after the 
lift and saw a man run put on the 
ground floor. Gunnip ran after him 
yelling for the man to halt. In- 
stead the fugitive fled faster. Gun- 
nip flred two shots over the man' 
head as h« disappeared Into 6th 
avenue, throngied with persons on 
their way to Mass at St. Patrick's 
Cathedral. 

Gunnip returned to the club with 
iDeteotlvea Clarence Gilroy and 
Charles Dugan. Erttry had been 
gained by a key, the police flgured. 
The rear door of the club was 
found opened and It is believed that 
one of the w;recker8 escaped that 
way. 

Chopped Piano 

Gunnip with the sleuths began 
an inventory. They found two fire 
axes that belonged iii the place 
near the door. Not one article re- 
mained intact In the club. The 
wreckers tor« down the tapestry 
hangings, chopping up the piano 
and cash register. They kicked in 
the! large bass drum. Chairs, mir- 
rors, settees ' and virtually every 
thing in the club was destroyed. 
Winters and Green were notified 
They were asked to ma.ke an estl 
mate. Both held their hands to the 
head and said at least |5,000. 

Winters and Green offered thi 
theory^ that. .ItjWas^spUe F^ 



Savinp Returns from Annual 

. Pomonico s>!ivino, urraii'^or, i.-* 
bade in Now. York with llobbins 
Music Corp. of which ho l.«5 an 
oxocO tive, al'tor n. four ih.on th.s! stay 
in Italy.' ■ 

Savino makes the coiitinontal trip 
annu.illy, . 



COLORED GIRL'S SENTENCE 

Viola Fowler Gi^en 1 to 10 Years 
Fop Stt,'aling 

Vidla I'^-wlcr, •J2,.foniii>v Xi'W Y.nrk 
cabai-A't (xirl ninl vaiuleviilKui, n^- 
coiilly arrotJtvd in\ tM\lfap:o i>n. a 
oharKC. of ■ f:raiul liirctMiy, ploailod 
guiliy boforo Judsre William V. 
l!i'i)tlior.'<. Slip • wa.'^ SA'titoiu't'd to 
scT.yC' frnni'. 1 to 10. yo.ar.s in .the 
Illinois pen. 

Mjss Fowler is n oolorcil Kii;!- . Her 
.•it'iniscrs wore white womort for 
whom >=!he worked In Chioa fro as a 
tiiald. . ■ .■ 

The only reason given for lu-r ac- 
tloij was .that false prU]© had 
prohipted hi'V to. wear pretty clothes 
.and -jewelry.' ' ' 



A' book of old songs is being pub- 
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Jack HeiBler. is staging the 
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VARIETY 




EARL. METCALF 

Earl ileteailf, 39, one of . the oldest 
actors In, the picture business, was 
instantly killed at Biirbank, Cal,, 
when he dropped fz-om an airplane 
J.OOO feet. . 

Mr. Metcalf was taking- a course 
la flying from the Wilson Aoro 
Service of Glendale, Cal., of which 
Roy Wilson is proprietor. The lat- 
ter, a well known pilot, waa in 
charge of the plane at the time 
the, accident .occurred. . He, was 
cleareid of . blame after taken into 
custody by Burbank police. 

Accordingr to his story, Mr. Met- 
calf was seated In the rear pit when 
the plane swerved to the ground 
and the actor must have fallen but. 

Police at first were led to believe 
In a suicidd theory On account of 
disappointing events in Metcalf's 
life. He was a pioneer picture actor,- 



In Fondest Memory 
, of Mjr EYlend 

ALFRED de MANBY 

who died Februftry 1, 1920 

JERRY VOGEL 



dating,: back to the old Vitagraph 
days. Of recent years he did little 
work in pictures and it is under- 
stood he was dabhlihg with real es- 
tate for a; while. The last time he 
appeared for the screen was in a 
picture for First .National with Ken 
Mayhard. 

.. According to friends, Mr. Metcalf 
had .been very morose of late; He 
was married, for the fourth time 
and lived with his wife and three 
children at 11547 Hortense avenue, 
North Hollywood. From what is 
:known, he had no domestic difficul- 
ties. ■ V -■ ... ■ 

The deceaaeid was born in New- 
port, Ky. He started his theatrical 
career in early life with a stock 
company. 



HANS STENGEU 

Hans Stengel, 34, artist and 
writer and former dramatic editor 
of the New York "Evening Journal," 
.eommltted suicide at one a. m. Jan. 
29 by lianerlng himself in a . closet 
at his Eftujllo apartment, 134 W. 
Fotirth street. New York. 

Stengel, more sus an artist than 



In R*m«inbrance of 

CHESTER DeVONDE 



by his theati"ical writings, wm weh 
known to stage people. 

It appears that Stengel was in- 
formed Jan. 1 that the dramatic 
editorship of the "Journal" would 
be taken over by another man and 
this is understood to have thrown 
him Into a stat© of despondency 
"which caused him to hang himself. 
At the time, however, it was said 
Stengel was still oh the Hearst pay- 
roll. 

^Stengel invited a party of friends 
to spend Saturday evening at his 
apartment and while they were In 
another room he remarked he . was 
going put and- left the room. A 
friend discovered his lifeless body 
some minutes laten • - ~ • 

Stengel' had . been married to 
Madeline Richards, actress, from 



apcr. At tliat timo there was aliso 
another Abo Jacobs connected with 
the' front pf the house, but they 
wove not related. ■ 

From tlie old Olympic"" Mi-. Jacobs 
.sliiftod to the .Chicago opera house 
whon It \\':as continuous vaude, 
rpim the Majostlc, Chicago, open- 
iiiPT . Abe Jacobs wa? installeil as 
stage manager. : As. stage!, manager 
Abe Jacob.S; was given absolute 
power to dc as he liked by Mr. 
Castle. When :Mr.^Castli9 died he 
left Mr. Jacobs. $25,000. . - : 

About four, years ago Abe Jacobs 
resigned and retired to his Chicago: 
home. He is survived by two ons, 
William Jacobs, the Chicago vaude 
agent; Frank Jacobs,, and two 
daughters, Salde, with the Keough 
Agency, Chicago, and Gladys Jacobs. 

Interment in Chicago. > 



JOHN W. EARLY 

John W. Early, veteran singer, 
formerly with numerous minstrel 
putflts and for the past 24 years In 
vaudeville with his wife, as "Early 
and Lalght, and also a trio with 
their daughter for seven years of 
that time, died In Chicago, Jan. -7. 

Mr. Early had been very ill of 
heart trouble and he and Mrs. Early 
were on their way to their home in 
Los Angeles. He was • a singer of 
national reputation and at one time 
with Haverly's American and Eu- 
ropean minstrels. Ward and Yokes 
and Lew Dockstader. . 

His voice resulted in minstrel 
managers having songs written es- 
pecially for him and In this category 
came "Asleep in the Deep," "Ab- 
sence Makes the Heart Grow Fond- 
er/' etc. 

Mr. Early is said to be the first 
man to put a song oh a record with 
a band. . At request of the decea^sed 
his remains were cremated, Mrs; 
Early taking the ashea to Los An-- 
geles. 

Mr. . Early was a Mason and a 
member of the 233 Club of Los An- 
geles. 

JOHN E. McGregor 

John E. McGregor, veteran 
Shakespearean actor, died Jan. 25 
in West Hampton, Long Island.. 

Bom in Scotland Mr. McGregor 
took up the stage when a young 
man and had spent 40 years on it 
in this country. 

His first appearartce Was In the 
old Woods Museum. In later years 
he appeared in support of Edwin 
Booth, E. L. Davenport, Wilson 
Barrett, Edwin Forrest and Char- 
lotte Cushman. Mr. McGregor's 
last New York role was In "Bunty 
Pulls the Strings." 

His daughter, Helen McGregor, 
was once leading woman for E. H. 
Sothern. She died when 23. Five 
sons and three daughters survive. 
One of the sons, Edgar McGregor, 
is the stage' director; 



PAUL MADDEiRNS 

Paul Madderns, 30, vaudevilllan, 
died Jan. 25 at Saranac Lake, N. Y., 
of tuberculosis. 

Young Madderns went overseas 
during the war and was gassed in 
action. Upon his return he went 
l;-.to vaudeville. His last engage- 
ment was as a member of "The 
Over.seas Revue." He worked until 
his condition became such that he 
was forced to go to Saranac Lake 
Jri.:the:.hop.e_j3_f JbeM.6t.ing;^hIs.l^ 

Body brought to Brooikryn fpr 
burial in Cypress Hills Cemetery, 




whom he Wais divorced^ two yjfars 

Kago. . : ■ V- ^ ; '•■ ■ . 

Remains were cremated at Fresh 
jPond, L. I., and will be sent to the 
artist's parents in Luebepk, Ger- 
many, where his father, Wilhelm 
Stengel, is managing director of the 
municlpia,! theatre. 



ABE JACOBS 

Abe Jacobs, a,t one time regarded 
»aa"the=beat-known-staffe^manag(ir^in=: 
vaudeville and : for many years 
managing the stage of the. Majestic, 
Chicago, died Jan. 26 of cirrhosis of 
the iiv.er. While this tvas given as 
the Immediate cause of his demise, 
eifCccts of injuries received in an 
automobile accident fpur years ago 
and the death of his wife at about 
the same time affected his health. 

In the old days of the Olympic, 
Chicago, George Castle operated It 
Abe Jacobs was his stage man- 



wlth funeral services. .conducted by 
the Jewish Theatrical Guild, which 
had 'contributed to' his support" at 
the Lake. 



WALLACE McCUTCHEON 

Wallace McCutchepn, 47, actjr, 
shot himself to death Jan. 27 In 
Los Angeles, A further accou it 
appears in the legitimate news sec- 
tion of this Issue. 



PH TLI P HJU NiNG H A^M = =^ 

Philip Cutiingham, 62, actor and 
manager, died In London Jan. 10. 
After two years of poor health, the 
immediate cause of death was 
cerebral hemorrhage. The deceased, 
whose real name was Booscy, was 
a son of the famous music pubr 
lisher. 

For many years Cunningham 
played Wilson l?arrett'-^ part, Mar- 
cus, in "The Sign of the Cross," 



and also, appeared in stock and with 
the , KendaJs in America. Ten 
yciirs ago he retired from the stage 
and went into Joint - managing, di- 
rectorship with F. W. TibbettS of 
the Lyric, London, of which com- 
pany his brother was chairman. 



R. J. lyfacLEAN 

.R. . J; MacLean, brother of Ted 
MacLean, died Jan. 13 in the Mac- 
Lean hotel, San Antonio, Tex. He 
was associated with his brother, 
■fed, in the operation of stock com- 
panies throughout: the middle west. 

About 10 years ago MacLean quit 
show business and toPk up a busi- 
ness, career. -At the time of his 



Frame Co., died In New York last 
week. 



The age of the late Tony Farrell 
was reported at his demise 80, 
Mrs. Farrell says her husband 
was 71. 



JAMES E. (Blutch) COOPER 

Died Jan. 1», .1923 ; 
Always Bemembered 

FRANK HUNTER 



death he was the owner, of the 
MacLean and Texas hotels, San 
Antonio, and had just started an- 
other hotel. 



HARRY COLEMAN 

i .Harry Coleman, 44, musical com- 
edy comedian and vaudevilllan, 
died Monday night (Jan. 30) In the 
French Hospital, New York, of 
pheuirioriia. 

Coleman had been appearing in 
vaude with his Wife, known pro- 
fessionally as Gladys Hart, who 
survives. 

Coleman worked the Frainklln, 
N. Y„ : week of Jan. 9 and was 
booked for Proctor's 58th St. Jan. 
23. The week before the B8th St. 
date he became 111 and was placed 



Gone Bat Not ForgottMi 

MRS. FRANK HUNTER 

. bled Feb.. t,. 

FRANK HUNTER 



In the hospital Coleman, ' at one 
time, worked In Shubert produc- 
tions. 



FRANK BRUEN 

Frank Bruen, 5.8, on the road with 
the Honeyboy Evans Minstrels and 
the Gordon and Bennett Dramatic 
Shows, but In late years a stage 
employee In Springfield, HL, thea- 
tres, was . stricken on the Gaiety 
stage here Jan. 23 and died a few 
hours . later In Mercy hospital. 

He hegan his career In the 
Springfield theatres In the days of 
the old Central Music Hall and for 
many years was in the Chattorton 
theatre. 



Mrs. Rose C. Douras, wife of New 

York . City Magistrate Bernard J. 
Douras and mother of Reine, Ethel, 
Marion and Rose Davies, died at 
her home in Beverly Hills, Cal., 
Jan. 26, of heart disease. 

Mrs. Davies had been In poor 
health for several years and spent 
most of her time at the home of 
her daughter, Marion. 

Judge Douras arrived on the 
Coast several days before his wife 
passed away. 

Funeral services were held Sun- 
day from the Church of the Good 
Shepherd In Beverly Hills with 
burial in Los Angeles. 



Wiiliant Hamby, 52, novelist and 
short story Writer, died Jan. 26 at 
San I)iego, Cal., following ijlness of 
several months. He was born and 
educated in Missouri. 



Ahnalio Fernandez, 87, for the past 
six years employed In the art de- 
partment at Para.mount studios, died 
Jan. 25,. In the Queen of the Angels 
hospital, at LoS, Angeles. Decciased 
was fpr many years asspciated with 
the "Royal Opera, Madrid. 



Mr*. Hilda Merkte, 40. sister of 
Olgai Kane (Mrs. Lew Kane) died 
Jan. 23 in MilWaukeet 



. Harry E. McCandrew, musician, 
formerly of the BpstPn and Roches- 
ter .Symphonies, died In Syracuse, 
N. Y., Jan. 30. 



^ Mj^^^njiam Clark, wife of the 
stage manager" ©r^THe TBrPadw 
theatre. New York, died Jan. 30. 



Mrs. Jacob Simons, 84. mother of 
Abe Lyman, bandsman; Mike Ly- 
man, cabaret owner, and Will 
Simon, husband of Fanchpn Wolf 
(Fanchon and Marco), died Jan. 30 
in Los Angeles. 



Jamea Rosenfeld, 14, father of 
Artbtir RosenfeM, «< tt* fiManl^ 



Charles H. Frisbie, "81, manager, 
Frisbie .& Sawyer opera house in 
Holley, N. Y., died Jan. 18 of pneu- 
monia. 



The mother of Gladys (Clark) 
Berghian died last week, in a sani- 
tarium at Hempstead, L. I. She had 
been an invalid during the past few 
years. 



DEATHS ABROAD 



Paris, Jan; 22. 

Albert Lebourg, 79, French im- 
pressionist painter. 

Antoinette Frolla, 21, dancer at 
Bouffes Parisiens, Paris. 
. Louis Demare, French designer, 
well known in Paris Vaudeville cir- 
cles." . 

Jacques Robert, French picture 
producer.. 



Shoobnaii's Lost Deposit 



(Continued fron.. page 1) 

eral large circuits. There seemed 
to be a general Understahding among 
those circuits' heads to side step 
any proposed deal. 

The New England promoter was 
in New York last week in the hope 
of interesting a, "Wall Street, bank- 
ing firm to underwrite a $25,000,000 
stock issue for the venture, from ac- 
counts. Nothing came of it, report, 
said, Shoolman's option, which ex- 
pired Jan. 3, was renewed, until 
today (Feb 1). 

It involves $22,500(000 for the 
Poll houses. Of this $18,000,000 was 
to remain' on .first mortgage, . with 
around $4,000,000 yet to t»e paid over 
in cash. 



Fairs Pass Up W.V.M.A. 
In Michigan Convention 

Detroit, Jan. 31. 

Michigan Fair Association hold 
Its annual meeting at the Barium 
hotel last. week. Fred Chapman of 
Ionia was re-elected president and 
Chet Howell, .Saginaw, retained as 
secretary. It was decided to : con- 
vene in Detroit again next. year. 

Notable .was the first Inv.a.si.on 
Into this territory of Earl Taylor. 
Chicago agent. Other booth holdors 
hero were Ethel Robinson, Bai^ries- 
Carruthers ..(formerly World 
Amusement), Gus Sun and the W. 
V, M. A. • 

'The . lattei-'s fair department, 
which showed a loss last season, 
duplicated its Chicago fiop of two 
months , ago. In contrast to its 
former importance, the W. V. M. A. 
failed to get a single large date out 
of last week's convention. 



Canadian Fairs Set > 

ChiipagG, Jan. 3K . 
At the Canadian Fair 'meeting 
held In Toronto last week the 
Johnny Jpnes shows were awarded 
the A circuit of fairs for next sea- 
son, and Conklln & Garrett the B 
circuit. 

Acts on both circuits will be 
bPoked by Barnes & Carruthers. 



PARK DISPUTES ARBITRATED 

. The National A.ssociation of 
Parks will hereafter settle ' dlspiutes 
of lts| members through the Amer- 
ican Arbitration Society, of New 
York. 



Morris-Castle in Dakota 

Chicago, Jan. 31. 
.Morris & Castle shows have been 
contracted to play the Dakota cir- 
cuit of fairs next season. 



Hartford, Jan. 31. 
• Sale of the Poll circuit will not 
,gO through . tomorrow to Max 
Shoolman, from . word coming out 
from members of the Shoolman 
buying family, prospective pur- 
chasers of the theatrical holdings 
of S. Z. Poll. 

-They are said to have, told their 
friends they did not intend to go 
through with the deali totaling 
$23,000,000, giving the. difficulties of 
clearing the titles as the reason; 
At the same time they declared that 
they intend to. sue for the return' 
of their deposit of $400,000 on the 
option to Poll and the commission 
paid their brokers as well. 

That the deal had not yet been 
consummated was admitted at the 
general ofllces of the Poll circuit In 
New Haven. 

"If there is anything done it will 
be done Feb. 1, said Louis Sagal, 
general manager Poll. At the same 
time he. declared he had not heard 
anything about a suit being brought 
by Shoolman and his asspcl.ato.s. ~ 

Word from the members of the 
Shoolman family during the p|ast' 
week has put a different aspect oh 
the fact that sale would go through. 
Misinformation 

."■We are willing to go through 
with the deal," said one member 
of the family, "but we do not be- 
lieve that the titles have been 
properly cleared. We are not all 
satisfied and we vvon't db a thing 
until - satisfactory- ad ju.stincnt- has. 
been made. We do not intend tp 
lose our deposit and we will sue 
to recover If we cannot got it any 
other way.** ' 

Those close to th6 situation in the 
Poll oifices declare that the title 
situation is not nearly as serious 
as the Shoplmans would malte^jJlt 
appealr. Unpfffci^Uy it Is reported 
that the n^ar-saie Wa.s the result 
of one of those so-called straight 
tips which are forever in circulation 
around stock brokers ofllcos and 
theatre circuits. . . "The Shoolman 
syndicate is. said to have been told 
any one who could buy the Poli 
circuit would Immediately ro.'^ell to 
the Kelth-Albee circuit. The lat- 
ter upset the surml.«?e by announc- 
ing It had. scoured options on land 
In the . various Poll cities and in- 
tended to. build its own theatres 
in opposition. 



It has been rfeportcd that there 
were 12 members in the "Shoolman 
buying family," with each contribu- 
ting toward the deposit. 

Expectation was that a quick re- 
sale would result with at least $1,- 
000,000 paid Shoolman for his Poli 
option, by some other theatre chain. 
Or In the event of a sale not quick- 
ly going through, Shoolman could 
dispose, of hlfl optiph. under a rental 



Detroit ShrinersVShpw 

DetrPit, Jan. 31. 

Shrine Circus, one of this city's 
largest annual events, will open Fob. 
5 at Fairground Coliseum. 



STRANDED EXTRAS 



»- (Continued from page 1) 

pectlng to find immediate employ- 
ment. 

During 1927 most of the out of 
town seekers of film, fame arrived 
on the ground with sufficient funds 
to care for their needs until Jobs 
were forthcoming, an official of the 
club stated. Of. those who came to 
the coast with movie aspirations, 
less than five^per cent, succeeded in 
getting Inside a studio. The other 
95 per cent., it is estimated, se- 
cured, work In other fields or re- 
turned home. 



Telegraph's' Prize Play 

(Continued from page 1) 

his play -was never produced. -At- 
torney Rublen does not want to sue' 
for damages, since there would be 
no way. of gauging the commercial 
possibilities of an unproduced play. 
Ho may therefore insist that the 
"Telegraph" be ordered by court to 
carry out its contractural obliga- 
tion by producing the play. 



agreement for the entire Poll Cir- 
cuit that would net the Shoolman 
syndicate a considerable yearly 
profit for a long term. 

With an underground "request** 
reported sent about the big chain 
ofllces "to lay pfie the Shoolman-PoU 
deal," .Shoolman found himself 
without channels to manipulate his 
option other than, in banking cir- 
cles. Bankers are said to have 
shied away when learning of the. 
$18,000,000 first mortgage intended 
as partial payment to Poll. They 
claimed that left too small a margin 
In equity for the remainder of $4,- 
500,000 or so In cash that would 
have to be advanced. 

Chain directors also took Into 
account that the Poll Circuit had 
been individually operated and had 
become practically a one-man cir- 
cuit, with the circuit peculiar tp 
itsclf^anfl^calllrij:^ for- its contlniious^- 
operation by the same man, S. Z.' 
Poli, if succes.^fully operated fpr a 
profit commensurate with the pur- 
cha.eip price agreed upon by Shool- 
man. 

Max Shoolman is a Bostonian 
with some theatre construction and 
promotion experience gained in 
that town. He was not especially 
known In the show business before 
tackling the Poll proposition. 



Wednesday, February I, 1928 



V A R I E T Y 



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The Majestic bill this week is 
typically .Association, . Several pf 
the acta are built for comedy, and 
have it to a certain extent. The 
'feature picture is v^hat you find at 
thf> Hipp in New York, Customers 
are the same hard-boiled lot that 
patronized the house before it took, 
on pictures. • 

Among the seven acts here Allan 
and Norman made the. most head,- 
■ ^ay against a cold crowd. Coming 
from the audience, the comic gags 
for a time with Kis male partner 
and thfen assists in some humorous 
magic aa the doubting chump. 

Morgan and Sheldon, holding the 
strong comedy spot, failed, to assort 
a punch. Miss IMorgan is an eccen- 
tric comedienne with a good voice. 



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BLACKSTONE ~~ 

A. J.. Erlunecp & Horry J. Powers, Mbtb. 
Pop. Mtttliiecs Wcdncsdny and iSnturdny 

GLENN HUNTER 

in "Behold This Dreamer" 



WrirkriQ now Playlns to Capacity In 
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CHARLES DILLINGHAM iE>reeent3 

FRED STONE 

IN A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY 

"CRISS CROSS" 
with DOROTHY STONE 



SELV/YN Matinees . Thursday and 
■k A"»c>'i<'»^'« Greatcflt Musical Hit 

HELEN FORD. ^*^^"^"f " ^'^ 

■ Different. JCr oni the .pEQGY-ANN 

with LULU McCONNELL 

lintlre Now. Yorlc Cast and Production 
Fi-om tlve Vanderbllt Theatre 



The team's talk is )ui)d(;rin«:'ly iunny. 
Dixon and Hoior Oo., six, in .a 
■sk6toh, have numerous g'ood situ- 
ations. Much deadwood in the early 
moments, however.. Hoier. plays.. an 
ambitious fellow and. Dixon is. an 
ar:tor brought in to .po.se- as .several 
big .bu.<5ine.ss men. The . three ' {j-irls. 
in the sketch are capable. . 

Walton and Byron, Cd,, four peo- 
ple, wasted about half their kick in 
haphazard pre.sentation.; Idea is to 
sho.w. liiow two small town goj^sips 
mistake the meaning of things that, 
occur around them. %Vilton Cra\y- 
ley, colored .clarinetist who. contorts 
aa he plays (New Acts), was .spotted 
second for-fairly strunf? returns., lie 
has played picture' luxuscs hvre re-- 
cently and' is better In that line, of 
work. Blotiiberg's • Alaskan dogs, 
opening, a fair canine act, with nov- 
elty. Closing were Packard's tiyn- 
copator.<, Chinese string pop. .br- 
chostra which has repeated con- 
tinuously in Chicago b.oth in vaudu 
and pivture houses;- Okay. 

"Sailors' Wives" tl'\ >«'•) the fea- 
.ture. Business a little weak. 

Business just fair at the Palace 
Sunday. No particularly grieat name 
acts, but an aggregation of near-, 
greats. ]«>loviH, lOuropean juggler, 
and Gus C. Edwards' orchestra drew 
the greatCiJt applause. Pelbvifi; an 
eccentric, jerky little chap in black, 
performed truly remarkable -bits of 
the cral't for which, he i.s noted, or 
will be. Opening the show, he 
pro%'ed a genuine sucee.s.=>. 

Lew Seyniour and Jessie Howard 
carry a neat little revue, most of 
f lie stuff embodied in it being ideal 
for prosc-ntation material. ..^Vith a 
quantity of props and special seen 
ery they offered ii number of com 
edy sketches that were laugh-get 
ter3, Interspersing with r colorful 
danc© and song specialties. John 
T, Murray and Vivian Oakland were 
no sensation, but effective costum- 
inar added flash. 

Never a bill here without one of 
those comediennes supposed to ap.-. 
peal to the hoi poloi. This time two 
of. 'em— Venita Gould and L'Yankle 
Heath. Miss Gould's impersonation.<3 
registered well, her last being of 
Lenor© Ulric. 

Gus C. .Edwards' Edgewater 
Beach Hotel Orchestra (New Acts) 
preceded intermission and demon- 
strated that even a white collar orr 
chestra.can achieve effective pres- 
entation.- Walter Huston, late star 
of ''The Barker" and "Desire Under 
the ElmSi" entertained with his cus- 
tomary suavity and ingenuity. An 
Hawa:ilan stringed trio accompanied 
him throughout the act. His ver- 
sion of the old rrian so critical of 
youth .was a standout. 

Frankie Heath pleased. Her ma- 
terial was well chosen and credit- 
a;bly . presented, Zelda brothers, 
aerial acros, closed, Loop. 



Flo Ziegfeld, his Wife and daugh- 
ter arrived here in a private car last 
week. After spending a day with 
his mother the producer had his ear 
coupled to the Century, and ipro- 
ceeded back to New York. Mrs. 
Ziegfeld and her daughter left for 
Miami. 

The Free Employment Bureau of 
the Illinois State Labor Board, se- 
buring placements for meii in all 
industries free of charge, includes 
tlieatres and amusements in Its 
classification of- industries. 

In 1927 there were no applications 
for placements in show business, 
with this the. only classification 
holding. such a distinction. 

Harry Scott, general sales man- 
ager of Pathe's .short subjects de- 
partment, spent sevoi-al days at the 
Patlie Chicago exchange last w'eeJt-. 

' ~ "TiTaiir attempt to -convince the out- 
side world, that Chicago is not ruled 
by machine guns, a series of good 
will visits to this city by people of 



lioiirby towns lias Vieon ai-ran.m-d. 
I-Ialf fare, railrciad rates, will lu-evail 
during 'th<> visits. Several Ohiea.^iV 
theatn.'.s liave offered .cut rate prices; 
for the. visiting.' throngs. • ■ . 



Chicago's Paramount cxehan.c^e 
has institutid a policy of giving 
free ..showlh.u's^ of .Paranio\mt picr 
tures. to all its- Chic.igo otllce em- 
ployees every other, ^ilonday. 



Bill lla'inm,. booking manager at 
the Ch.ira.go ollTce of , Paramount, 
lias recovered from an illne.s.s v( 
several.. weeks.- ■ , 



Henry Spit-^^berg, owner and iuan- 
ayer of the :\lonarch: 'Theatre iSvi.i'.pl.\ 
company, has sold that Ih'in to the 
Nalion.nl Theatre .Supply eonii>aiiy. 
He will devote his time to his three 



\ aiHle\ ille. .•.Tu.'Sil:i> s and Ki:idays,. 
Till' f^•:^tlln•.^^a.•s initiated i;..st year. 



Tlie i'oriland tln-ntre has started 
siaui* pri'si iita tiii'ii.-^ wiih. it.-' ■r>"'}iu- 
iar piinu res. Th i s \v eek '.1 li e- Oosni o.- 
puliiaii <.>uartot is featored.. . 



'.Phe IClni ' theatre, (pieliires) ot- 
fi-rs aii.aieur vaud.c vi.llc' .l-'i iday 
niiihts..- ; ■ 



Harttld 
Jefferscui 



P. Uaiidall jtdii.'d 
I'la vers last weeU. 



the 



Billy Shone ;iiid iU'lty. llieli .li;e 
apl)eariu^'. .uiidt-r. ciiu.il. liillin;;.. lii 
Variety's Bills .Next W'eik tlie bill- 
lii^r has been as suhniitted. HiUy 
S^ehone and Cu. 



I'i-oii I- Ii-.'i'm-' :;e iiiiiiietliate-' 
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fm\^arde(l lii-n fruiu r..'--t(in, .-iri.s- 
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All matter in CORRESPONDENCE refers to current week 
otherwise indicated. 

The cities uncTer Correspontfence In this issue of Variety 
'foMoWs and on paoes' 



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ATLANTA 


• «••»*•'••*• 59 


MILVVAUKEE '. ......... 


. . 60 


ATLANTIC^ Clfv . 
B-ALTIMOftE'":,.,.: 


• 62 


MINNEAPOLIS .......... 


. 61 


-r.;;v:v/..-. 61 


•MONTREAL . 


..... 60 


BROOKLYN ...... 


. . . ' . . 62 


NEW ENGLAND ..... 


;.. .. 61 


BRONX:. 


........... 62 


OAKLAND ..... ..... . . 


.....59 


BUFFALO ........ 


•••>>»i«t«^ 59 


PORTLAND; ME, 


59 


DALLAS . 


........... 60 


ROCHESTER 


..... 61 


CHICAGO ......... 


59 


SAN-FRANCISCO . , .;. 


60 


CINCINNATI ...... 


... . ..... ; . 60 


SEATTLE 


60 


DETROIT 


62 


SYRACUSE ..... . . .... . , 


.....60 


KANSAS CITY ... 


. ... i.i ..... 60 


TORONTO 


. ... ; 60 


LOS ANGELES ... 


.;,...'....; 61 


VVASHINGTON. v.. 


..... 60 



Chicago tlieatres, the- Harmony,. 
Hamlin and Pe.erless. 



. "White Cargo," Dudley Players 
Stock, IS now in rehearsal, - to- fol- 
low an "Abie's Iri.sh liose" road 
corhpany into Ga^zolo's Kodzie 
tlieatre. Bennett's Exchange is re- 
cruiting locally.. Bob Jones is stage 
dii-ector and Eugene McGillen, stage 
manager. 

. Dick Lee is in Chicago organizing 
a stock to open at the Ritz, Port 
Huron, Mich., in February. 

Glenn Coulter and Peggy Nor- 
mand are in Chicago after players 
for a stock at Cheyenne, Wyo, 

Great States Theatres has taken 
over the Lincoln S«juare, Decatur, 
111. Playing pictures and road 
shows. 



L. Meiara and Anna Lopatka plan 
to erect a theatre and store build- 
ing at the southeast corner of Cen- 
tral avenue and 77th place.. It will 
cost 130,000. 

. Great States Theatres proposes to 
build a theatre seating 3,000 at 
Franklin and North streets, a.t De- 
catur; 111. Francini Interests of 
Jacksonville have also announced 
a de luxe house there. 



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Billy Diamond is now booking 
Alamo and 'Tiffany theatres here. 

OAKLAND, CAL. 

By WOOD SOANES 

Marjorie Rambeau returns to. the 
Fulton as guest star, relieving Ruth 
Renick. George Barnes remains 
as leading man. 

joe Sinai, drummer at the T. & D. 
and a brother-in-law of Paul A.sh, 
may develop into, a novelty West 
Coast leader as a result of being 
thrown- into- the- breach here - wlieri: 
Gcorgie Stoll moved to the E.gyptian 
in Hollywood. Max Bradlield is 
scheduled to come presently- 

Sinai led' the band with his drums 
featured, playing a special arrange- 
mi^nt of "R.'iin," dispalehcd. by Asli 
from Chicago. 

The Orpheum seems to be letting 
down the bars on radio a little. 
Francis. X;.: Bushman and Theodore 
Roberts were pcrhiittod to. go to 
KGQ. of Oakland, under Oakland 
EiKiuirer sp<jns()r.<^hip' fpr featured 
intorview.s. 



ATLANTA 

By ERNIE ROGERS 

Erlanger — "The. Barker"' (road 
show). 

Howard— "The Last Command" - 
"Joy Bells" (Puhlix unit).- . 

Loevi^'s — "Baby . Mine" - Loew 
vaudeville. 

Georgia — "Gay lietreaf'-vaude. . 
Capitol — "IHiblicity Aladness"- 
Paii vaude. . 

Metropolitan — 'The Girl From 
Chica.go." 

Rialto— "Under the Black .Flag." 

Ray Teal, former musical director 
Mosciue ■ theatre, Richmond, Va., 
succeeds Al Short as musical di- 
rector at Howxird. 

Scheduled abandonmehl of Loevv's 
Grand and putting Loew vaudeville 
in Capitol - fell through after deal 
wa.s all set. No rea. son given here. 

.. Plckpo.bket. took .Tohn A. Brown 
for $79 in lobby of Keith's Georgia 
Thuj-.sday night. 

. BUFFALO 

By SIDNEY BURTON 

Shuberit-Teck-^"Raln or Shine"; 
"Broadway" next. 
Erianger — Dark. 

Buffalo— "Private Life of Helen 
of Troy.". 

Hipp— "The Crystal Cup." 

Great Lakes — "Jazz Singer." 

Loew's — "Student Prince in Old 
Heidelberg." 

Lafayette— "The Noose." 

Gayety— "Red Jlot." 

Court Street— "Time Will Tell" 
(slock). 



BEAUTS AND TESTS 



(.Continued I'l-om pa.ge'l) 

in'inltU'i'rs to- <0(>u.r -N"W York's re-' 
.vue.<, d.i'pan nicivt stores, tii'jr-lit^elubs - 
and 'sirt'i'i-s -j"(n- ;',lui i>-peKl '. ' 

]H-si)itr> Holly \vood"s n^putarion 
for iK'iii.;;' glutted, wiih .lieautifui . 
jiirls. it Idnks as if the sidew.ilks 
(if New Yiirk h.Tvc the odge. 
■ Arvhie Mayo, tor Warner Bros., 
lia.s taUeii- alK).ut -10 screen tests of ■ • 
I'eiiiiiiine typoi^. l-nivor.<al also has ; 
been scd.uiing for new faces, while : 
TilTany i.'^' on the outlook. 

It is iinderstotid that when .apd 
svhcr.e a ili-cl^imi. i.^ made on the 
basis of .-icreen te.<ts g'rls will, be 
sent to llullywiiod for ilu'ee-month 
fry-uut.s at , $75 .1 week. 

Prodiieci s- appai-ently are . insist- 
ing upon personality as well «i-s 

loflliS. 

Many glrl.s approa<lied by the. 
movie m"U never appear for the 
serei'n . - test, cither beeau.se. they 
don't eare or think it's a gag. 
. Thu.'^ far none of the i^ompanles 
has displayed any particular .inter- 
est :in new niaseuline talent. 

Rapf's Selection 

H. Rapf, assoeiato producer for 
Metro-(i61d-\vyn- -Slayer, who left foV 
the Coast Sunday night . conducted 
a series of screen tests at the Cos- 
mopolitan studios la-^it week to lo-. 
cate new fiieefi for M-G-M. Rapf 
ass( nib!ed 25 of New "S'^rk's reputed 
m.ost beautiful girls, and of- the 
batch only got around to IC. 

The screen tests eliiiiihatcid all 
but tlu-ecv Doreo Leslie, formerly 
of the nlie clubs and now of "Ma,n- 
hattiiii Mary," was signed up by 
Rapf. Miss Leslie wiir take a two 
months' leave of : abs'-^nce, for a 
Hollywood production. 

The .runner.>^-up to Miss Leslie 
are Jean Murray, of the Frivolity 
Club, and Beatrice Blynn,. last of 
"Romancin" 'Round." - 7 

The Co-^mopolitan studio was the 
scene of considerable hysteria when 
Rapf couldn't' get around to more 
than 16 of the 25 beauts. 



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William K. .Saxton was this wciok 
appointed managr;r of the Loow's 
fStiite here. Saxton, who trouped 
for .20 years, has been with Loew 
-for -the pa.st"five- yearsr- - — „ . 

fSif-'gfried,. a German made pro- 
duction, was presented at the Klm- 
wood MuhIc ri.'ill.at a .special .show- 
ing .Sundriy afternoon, The booking 
was chiefly for the local .CJerm.an 
trade, and was .sparsely patronized. 

Alexamler' Boehm,' iiti, viho sub- 
sequent to his arrest last spir-ing, 
had been operating under the name, 
of C. Kli.'irpo Minor, organist, was 
released frorh the-j.-^rie f.'oinity. pen- 
itenliary this Aveeki Where he ha« 
bei-n .serving a, sen teneo. for larceny. 



The Oakland Times (Hearst), 
which developed out of the Oakland 
section of the San Franci.sco ICx- 
aminer, will blossom out as a sep- 
arate unit February 1. 

PORTLAND, ME. 

By HAL CRAM 
Jefterson — ''(iloriou.s Annabi-Hi?" 

Strand— "Old Ironsides.'^ 
. Empire— "Chiefi^'o," 
' Maine— "What -J'rice Glory.' 

Keith's— Vaude-picturea. 

Exposition building — Portland 
auto show. 

Keith's ha^ resumed cabaret per- 
formajices following tEe^ usual 



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60 



VARIETY 



Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



SAN FRANCISCO 

■ Ruiii JOUU'i" c'lvislicd the fnmt piipo 
of every Uk-'aV riClornoon i);»]n'i' on 
h(>r fin-ivMl lic've: to opcii at l*;ui- 
Inges. ■Duo", ti) a • tieup with the 
Chll's i-iiiliii station KKUC.- the avia- 
trix. eoi'.p'^fl a bottom sti-e;vin.er und 
a live ei)hjmri ])ioture layout Svitli 
storv. A par;ule from ihe l'\'n-y 
Tjuildinsr to I'autages precoaed the 
flier's ' open in.?; ■ 



Herb :ilot<en6V. treasurer Colum- 
bia, iias . worked out tlie dvtiiils 
■W'heroliv ' ri'Kiilai- patrons,- ' wliose 
eredit has been established, • may 
now obtain theatre tickets ."on the 
cuff,/'. The racket. If< to be. \vorkod 
■ Similiir to the way tickets are dis- 
posed of to the brokers, only , with 
a monthly settlement. The liouse 
flpurea it can afford to carry the 
aecouhis of regiiiai-s on its books 
for. 30 diiYs or less. X'redit; however, 
will onh-.be piveii to patrons whose 
payins ability is unaue.stipned. 

: T. R. Saul, theatre bi'oker, has 
left for a. European tour. Saul has 
l-)een identified with the develop- 
:ment of the Ciolden- State Theatre 
circuit >and the T. & D. Junior En- 
. terprises ' . . " _ . 

Sidney Goldtree produced "The 
Bridal Bod," a French farce by 
Charles jkl ere, at his Green Street 
Jan. 27. Elenore JacksQn and J. 
■ Anthony. Symthe.were leads. • 

T. & D. Junior reopened the 
Roval. straight pictures, neikhbor- 
, hood houses at Polk and CahCornia 
streets. Frank Siegrist heads the 
house orchestra. 



Sherman, Clay & Co. has bpuprht 
pu.tripht the music house of Wiley 
: B. Allen Co., with its five branches 
in Central and Northern California 



Durinj; the interim between de 
jxirture of Georgie StoU ■ for the 
EfO'Ptlan, Hollywood, and arrival of 
Max Brad field >froin Long Beach, to 
replace him, T and f), Oakland, was 
without the services of a i-egulai- 
orchestra leader , and rhaster of 
ceremonies for two' weeks. For the 
first seven days the management 
pressed: into service Joe Sinai, house 
drummer, and brother-:in-law. .. of. 
Paul Ash. with whom he formei-ly 
played. Sinai difl a regular "Paul 
Ash" and scored; as a leader. He 
was for iO years drummer with the 
San Francisco Symphony orchestra 
and Is a flhished musician. 



Though Alexander Pantages has 
first call on air Fox features for 
San Francisco, indications are 
"Sunrise," Fox special, will first 
be road-showed here. .Negotiations 
to that end are now -pending, 
though there Is a. possibility Pan 
tages may be able to persuade Fox 
that a two or three weeks' run at 



his local h(ju-i< lu-re will Kr^sh nnn'i' 
than if the pictnrf would be e.K- 
hil)itod at advanctMl privf-s. 

West Coast Thcatros (northi-rn 
divl.siun) is iMin.sidorinv!: chansin^' 
the* " hour of its weekly ui'ograin 
broad.'-ast over Radio KVA from 
10:45 p.m. to uiidnight, to an 
earlier hour. 

T -D Junior"? Royal., closed for 
ovcrliaulinn-. reopened us a de luxe 
ueiwhborhood .Ian. 2;'^ With contin- 
uous show from 1 to It p. m^ 
Straight pictiiro policy and concert 
prevail. Opening night was a gala 
event, Of chief interest on the 
openina: bill was Frank Siegnst^and 
orche.'itra of 10, .and vocal numbers 
by the San Francisco Elks Glee 
Club of 30 voices. 'Two Arabian 
Knights" led screen farfe. Royal 
is about a 1,500 seator. 

Sally Whitcomb, whose charges 
against three local youths that they 
plied her with drink and as.saulted 
her in a downtown hotel, le;d to a 
sensational preliminary trial, re- 
ceived several offers for stage ap- 
pearance, but has turned them 
down. Sally wafi at one time a bur 
lesq.ue tab. 

Heniy Duffv will present Olga 
Printzlau's -The Show-Down" at 
his President, Seattle.. This is the 
play Puffy will do in the east in 
conjunction with David Belasco. 
Following the fc^eattle premiere, 
Duffy will bring the new piece into 
San. Francisco 

Police, acting under instruction 
from Chief Dan O.Brien, ordered 
W C Cullen. lessee of the Capitol, 
and St. S. Millard, who is present 
ing his sex picture, "Is Your Daugh 
ter Safe," \Yith medical lecture and 
slides, to remove, a number of ob- 
jectionable lobby display.^?. Millar^ 
will follow the present picture with 
another sox cinema, "Scarlet 
Youth.'.' Corliys I'almer' is fea 
tured. • 

Frank Brown has been appointed 
manager of the Peninsula (pic 
tures) Burlingame, succeeding Ray 
Kelso, resigned. 

Walter Chenoweth has returned. to 
the Henry Duffy office after a six 
months' absence. 

Louis Golden, for many years one 
of the ace West Coast Theatres 



VARIETY BUREAU 

WASHINGTON, D. C 

■ 616 The Arflonn* 
1629 Columbia Roa^, N. W; 
Telephorra Columbia 4630 



top. It is the third time that the show 
! has been .«)taged at the Fair Park 
Auditorium. 



By HARDIE MEAKIN 

Belasco (Schubert)— "Saiurday'ii 
Children"; next, "Broadway" (Jed 
Harris). ; ■ 

National (Erlanger - l^^lpley)— - 
"Honeymoon Lane"' (Erlanger); 
next,. "Diplomacy" (Tyler revival) 
Poll's (Schubert)— "Gay Paree'' 
(Schubert) ; next, "Student Prince'? 
(Schubert). 

Keith's-T-Vaudeville. 
Gayety (United)— "Bright Eyes." 

. Pictures 
Columbia — '^Stiideht Prince' 
next, "Last Command." 

Earle-r-" Valley of Giants" and 
presentation. 

Fox— ' Silk JL,egs'; and . presenta- 
tion. ■ 

Little— 'Peter the Great" and 
"Moana" (hold over) ; next, "Merry- 
Go-Round." " 

Metropolitan — "Patent. Leather 
Kid," 3d week; next^ return Vita- 
I phone "Jazz Singer.". . ; 

Palace— "Man, Woman and . Sin 
and presentation; next, "Two 
Flaming Yoiiths." ' 

Rialto— "Finders ' Keepers" and 
new policy presentation; ' next, 
"Secret Hour." ,. 
Strand— 'Red Kimono." 



The Little Theatre's production of 
"Young Woodley" in the four days 
it was shown at the Circle regis- 
tered one of the biggest box-offlce 
gro!S.soa that any Little Theatre has 
done on a single play in this State. 
They did $3,000, playing four per- 
formances and one ritatinee at $1 
top 

Nickleodeons up and down Elm 
street . have diminished with the 
passing of the . Rex and. the Wash 
ington, both lOc. second-run picture 
houses. This leaves all of the sec- 
ond picture bi;^ solely to the Queen 
(lOc,) 



TORONTO 



After a long career from- old-, 
time melo? to burlesque, the Strand, 
which clo.sed with Slut ual burlesque 
a week ago, comes back with a 
"men only" film, "The Red Kimono," 
on grind. 

Fred Hamlin, loaned l)y First Na 
tional to do publicity for the new 
policy at the lOarle, has returned to 
Los Angeles. 



By G: a. S. 
Royal Alexandra-— "Oh Kay"; "My 
Maryland," next. 
Princess — Dark. 

Empire— "It . Pays io Advertise" 
(Kepple Stock). 

Victoria— "East Is West" (GlaSer 
Stock). . : 

; Gayety— "The Social Maids". (Mu 
tuan. ■ - , - . 

Massey Hall^"MiMi;li:int of Yen 

ice." 

Hart House— Amateur. plays. 
Regent— "My . Best . Girl" (2d 
week). 

Tivoli— ':Ben-lIur" (2d week). 
Loew's — "Serenade" atid vaude. 
Pantages— "The Love Mart" and 
vaude. 

Hip'— ^" The- Main Event -.' .and 
vaude. 

Uptown — ^^"Tlie Xoose" and vaude; 
Palace— "HMen of Troy." 



SEATTLE 



By DAVE TREPP 

President—- "The Show Down", 
(stock). , 

Orpheum — "The Leopard Wom- 
an" and vaude. 

Pantages— "Topay and Eva" and", 
vaude. 

Fifth Avenue— "A Texas Steer." 
United Artists— "Sadie Thomp- 
son.". 

Columbia— "•Beau Sabreur" (.see- 

-. Blue Mouse— '.'The Jazz Singer** 
(5 th week). . 

Sign on Liberty says: "Closed for 
few days, will, open tinder liew pol- 
icy." There has been dela.y in iron- 
ing out details of lease and music 
end of show. 



' Opening of the. Seattle put oft one 
week, to Feb, 24, and. chocking up, 
on th6 Portland, at Portland, found 
to be three weeks later than the 
Seattle. Thus Herschel Stuart had 
to give tip the idea of bringing out 
a Publix unit show for opening 
weeks at both houses. 



L. J. SchlaifCer,. former head of 
t'niversal' Chain Theatres here, has 
gone to New York. . The chain has 
Winter Garden, downtown, and ten 
.^iuburban houses, with an llth. the 
Queen Anne, closed down. Mr. Fel- 
ker is new mtvnager for the strin.g 
and also for the "chain". hotise.'i in 
Eugene and Corvallis,. Ore., wbilt? 
R. W. (Bob) Bender is> eontiiuiing 
as manager of the Columbia; - This 
is classed as one of the dozen or .so 
"exploitation luni.ses" of X^niver.svl 
Film :<:Jompany, .and still a sep.'irate 
unite from the "chain" houses. 



Leonard Hall, now d. e. of the 
New York "Telegram," is forward 
ing "piece" on the theatre ievery 
once in awhile to the "News'" here, 
where he was formerly functioning 
also as d. ie. 



If the censors pi^rmit. Toronto will 
see "An American Tragedy" in stock 
at the Empire. Hoiise Baker Jam ie- 
son, with the original, is a member 
in thi.s company. 

. Marion "Tallcy, much, advertised 
pi'ima donna, got good business but 
razzing notices from Toronto critics. 



Annual automobile show got a 
tough break on its opening Satur 
day— a record, snowstorm. 




Maxim P. Lowe, long a vaude- 
of tne ace v^es^ .vua»^, a "<^'»">" i yille booker, how With Meyer Davis i 
house managers in Los Angeles, who. K^g^g have an operation next] 

recently resigned, has | week at the Garfield hospital. 

Night clubs are having their ups 
and downs. St. Marks is reported 
to have given up the night idea en- 
tirely 

In his efxpansion of things, at the 
Le Paradis, Meyer Davis has added 
Hal Thornton, last with Al Moore s 
stage band, as pianist and m. of c. 
Incidentally, Thornton revealed a 
secret marriage 6 months ago. The 
bride was Jeanne, St, Laurent of 



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pointed riianager of the new. West 
Coast house now in course of erec- 
tion at Fresno. It will house Vita 
and pictures. 

Charging the contents of Blaise 
Cendras' book, "Sutter's Gold," is 
a mass of fabrication, Philip B.. 
Bekeart, Sart Francisco historical 
authority, voiced a strong protest 
against the proposed filming of the 
story. 

"Laugh, Clown, Laugh," ^tarring 
Lionel Barrymore, ends its four 
weeks' stay at the Lurie February 
4 and then plays two weeks in Cen- 
ti-al and Southern California before 
going to the storehouse. 

\ 

KANSAS CITY 

By WILL R. .HUGHES 
Shubert— "Broadjvay." 
Orpheum — Vaudeville. 
Mainstreet— "Private Life of Helen 
of Troy"-vaudoyille.- 

Pantages— Vaudeville -pictures. 
Liberty— "Wine." 

Loew's Midland— "Gentlemen Pre- 
fer Blondes"-stage show. 

Newman — Pictures. 

Globe — Loip Bridge stock-Viia- 
phone. 

Capitol— Musical tabs-picluros. 
Gayety— Burlesque (Mutual.^ 

S. Bernard Joffee, house manager 
Liberty for several years, has bet'n 
appointed trcisurer and iissistaiit 
manager for the new .I'ptown. 



George's ^^f^ite•s "Scandails" chorus. , ^ 



Seymour Hicks has .s.tai ted his 
trans-Canada tour with sell-out biz 
at Halifax. He plays "The Man In 
Dress Clothes" and "Mi\ What s 
His Name" in Toronjo, starting 
February 13. 

A memorial reproduction of "The 
Doctor's Dilemma", will be given by 
the Hart House Players (University 
of Toronto) in memory of Bertram 
Forsvth, first director of the little 
theatre, February 13. After explain- 
ing, in a note that he had always 
been of a tragic disposition, Forsyth 
took poison in New York last Feb 
ruary. 

"Good News," "Desert Song" and 
"Vagabond King" are slated for 
Shubert's Royal Alexandra. "Vaga 
bond King" played to $30,000 earlier 
this sca.son. . 



DOROTHEA ANTEL 

226 .W. 72d St.» New York City. 

The Sunshine Shoppe 

OPERA LENGTH HOSIERY 
and the dainty things milady 
loves 




THEATRICAL OUTFITTERS 
1580 Broadway New York City 



CINCINNATI 

By JOE KOLLING 

Shubert— "Countess Marit/.a," 
Grand— "Tommy." 
Cox— "Stella Da\las." 
Keith's— Vaude. 
Palace — "Almost Human" 
vaude. 

Aibee— "Divine Woman" 
vaude. . 

Capitol— "Seventh Heaven" 
week). 

Empress— "Girls from Happy 
land." 

Walnut — "American BeauJ.y." 
Lyric— "The Student Prince." 
Strand— "On to Reno." 



and 
and 
(2d 



Fin.al week for two-a-day vaude 
at Keith's, where such policy pre- 
vailed for thirty years. 



Jack Mantimg Studios 

Spei-inlihtH in Tonrliliijr 

TAP DANCING 



Special MornloB CInsscs Tor T*ro7i'S.MOii.iB 
Children's CInsscs Snturday 
110 WfHt 4-th .St. Itryanl t.l">0 
(Rclioarsnl Hall) 



The Tsis . (sul.uirbiin). taken over 
from Universal by the Midland cir- 
cuit of theatres, was badiy damaged 
by fire Wednesday during the curly 
evening show, luit the 700 patrons 
filed out Avitho\it injury to any ono. 
The house will ..bo, closed a month 
for repairs. 

"The funiiiiirf, pictures, dfi.-ura- 
tloiis,. stiver and cflVi-is in. (>;i'k Uiill, 
ri>sidcnco of tl.ir lato \Villi;iin Nel- 
son, owner and editor Kiinsart City 
Star, win'i? sold this Aveek to L(m-\v'.s. 
Ini\, for ..f.irt.tuiO. Acctii-ilin'g to the 
will the erCei-ts had to be sold to 
some oiuM-esi(liTig'o.t le.asl 2.")0 luiU.'S 
from Kaii.sas city. Any of the arti- 
cles lhatf.'in li< iiscil in T.oew thoa"-- 
tiTs will be ri'taiiied b,\ the comiiany 
and the b;ilaMie lesoliii luu the pur- 
chasers must make ihejr h<)incs the 
rerjuirtd inili'S a',w;iy. .aec<>rdiiig 



Olympic. Columbia burlesque link, 
which recently went dark, likely, will 
be home of Stuart Walker Company 
t< rr; (TratiiTi f ic~stoc.k 'tluTlIomiilg': Kiim" 
mer. 



The .Empire, owned by Mrs. D. 
M. Stair, was reported under option 
two months ago but was not taken 
up and the building is being en- 
larged to take care of crowds at the 
Keppie stock shows. Mrs. Stair is 
financially, behind the company and 
making money. 

The Melba (neighborhood) was 
sold for $ 18,000.. . . ■; 

MILWAUKEE 

By HERB M. ISRAEL 

Davidson — "Blossom Time." 
Gayety — Burlesque (Mutual). 
Pabst— Dark. 

Alhambra— "Beau Sabreur.' 
Garden— "The Dove." 
Majestic— "Aflame in the 

vaude. . 
IVIerrill-— "Student Prince." 

Miller— "Tea for Three." 
"Strand— I.'Ove and Learn.' 
Palace— "Wreck of the Hesperus - 

yaude^^^^ ^ .»____ 

Wisconsm — "^Tlio Nc^sgei ; 



Business in the neighborhoods 
has been off in Seattle, althousrh. 
signs now point to sli.tfht pickup in 
trade. : Pnvbal)l.v too • many suburr 
Imhs and too m-iny seats,.- 



MONTREAL 

. A second ell'ort to put over a 
itohtreal symphonic .orchestra start- 
ed Sunday with a fair house at the 
Princess. ' Wealthy local men aro 
behhid the ■venture, which was con- 
sidered to have commenced well 
cnoug'h to warrant- running a con- 
cert once a w.eok . instead of once a. 
fortnight as intended. ■ 



Princess hit a liigh.mark of near- 
Iv $60,000 for the two weeks of :'The 
Desert Song" and "Oh. Kay," A^-itli 
the concert sandwiched between. 



Se^Tnour Hicks and EUallno Ter- 
riss made good at His Majesty's 
with an all -English company in 
adapted-from-tho-French comedy. 
They will stay over another week 
with a double bill. 



fh-evstohe, ballroom. in the remod- 
eU'd Srusie Hall, opened .T.'in. "6. It 
aeeDiiimudutoK 2,000 couples, A.- E. 
Schofrer manager. Operates. Wed - 
ne.sdav, • S.aturday and. Sunday 
ninlits. Dancing and singing, acts 
added. . . - 



Jlenrv Th<'is' OrchcsLra returned to 
ChaltiM'box, IlDti^l Sinton'3 hight 
'ilai'i'. 



SCENERY 

and DRAPERIES 

SCIir.I.L SCIO.VK" .'^TL'OIO, ColuinbU;., Of. 



to the di .1 "^'Mrs ^^ islie 

M'he ■ ('a |iiliil, which li.'i.s bo-ii 
j s'ti'ugKrin.g .dong witii pup vauih-ville 
iand .])ictures Die first of the .se.'ison, 

i lievue aii.r pii'luri s at poiuilar 
' pric(<s. fiililed up after llii- Sunday 
niuht )i>Tforniaiiee. ]''(>r the last ]") 
ye;ir.s tliis luuise. under the innie 
'■(iarih ii," lias ))e( li a tlmp,. atiil tl-.e 
change Df iiaine t.ii ("apdnl failed lo 
heif), The lnnis(^ is outside the tlic- 
fitrieal di.^-lri< t anil i( seeins inipcs- 
sible to get 'em t.O it.-.^D.'in- MeOoy 
has lieen man.iii'T for .lho last tun 
seasons. 



DALLAS 

By RUDOLPH DONAT 

Palace (Publix)— "Crontlemen Pre 
fer tiloiides"; sttigc, ArJt liandry. 

Majestic (Tiiter.stato)— "Alias the 
I.fine "Wolf"; stage, Henry Santry. 

Mclba (Pul)lix) — 'The Circus"; 
.Tulia I>;.\vn at f)rgan. 

Circle (slock) — "Know Youi 
•Onions" (Miller Players). 

Old Mill . (Sacng.-r) - "Sailors' 
^"Wi\'ry;— .■ - ^--r.;=^.T.=t 

Capitol— "On-'-Round Hogan," 

■Arcadia ( Hent i — N'i.ta, 

Pantages -Hiuldy Morgan r.evuc 
aab). 



City is crowded with toiirists and 
hotels report turning away around 
200 guests a day. This is excep- 
tional here for this time of year/ 

Despite threats of Sunday, clos- 
ing and barring infants under 16, 
Quebec City showed its faith in 
moving pictures by opening another 
house, the Cartier, this week. Moi- 
san and Tanguay, owners of the. 
Victoria, are behind the new house, 
which seats .about 700 and will show 
second run film. 




Sky' 



The Gayetv has adopted a mid- 
night show policy for Saturdays, 
c.illing the affair '•Midnight Sham- 
bles;"" The incoming and outgoing 
shows take part, ' 

The new Schroedcr,. Milwaykee's 
first skyscr.aper hotel, opened Jan. 
25. • Cost-, $7,000.000.. ' T.\yenty-five 
stories. ' 



The frank, froth Vt — 
frolicsome, flushing new book by 

BRUCE REYNOLDS 

(Author of "A Cocktail Conlinentalc" ) 
None of che "High Brow" here. A millioit 
doll.-irs worth of sly, exclusive, sporty, confi' 
dcntial information that strips Paris bare. 
"How to Have a Good Time in Paris". Here 
is Paris — insidc-out. Paris pipin hot — "Paris 
—with the Lid Lifted". Get your copy now. 
Profusely illustr.itcd~$2 




Reported John Frculer selling his 
IButterlv to Publix, to be razed and 
a now.'4,0'0O-seater built, is denied. 

Jackie ("Hoo") Ray; former "Our 
dang" boy, played to capacll^y at 
the ~ Majestic last week through a 
movie tie-up with the "N'ews." KitJs 
were asked to compete for parts in 
a local movie in. which the kid actor 
was. featured. 




Frank .1. IT;irling'. conncct<vl with 
the .Mellia here as pulWieity director, 
lias joined the Palace Ci'iil>I>x^ ■''taff. 

".•\l)if's Iri.sh .Ro.^e" w.is here last 
W(>ek for a thr<-e-day st.and at. i'l.-Q 



WSOE, School of Engineering, 
radio . station has boon 'taken '.over 
by the "Wisconsin News'; here and 
=tlie.-call^l(itLcrs..chaugi'd^.tQ^]A!ia!Na=.^ 

A half-million dollar movie house, 
financed by Mihyaukee capital, is to 
be erected in Marinette, Wis., in 
spring, the Badger Building Co.. an- 
nounces, Marinctto is now 'con- 
trolled by Midwesco. . which has 
three houses there. It • is imder- 
slood the now house will he con- 
nected to a new Milwtiukee chain for 
l'nil"(l Artists and Warner reli-ases. 



FOR MODERN 

SENSATIONAL 

STAGE 

DANCING 

■ Sirotehlnff and 
nmberlng Exercl,'-e« 

Now at 

132-136 W. 43d St. 

New York 



INERS 

Est. Henry G. Miner, Inc. 



M 




Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



V A R I E T Y 



•1 



VARIETY'S LOS ANGELESOFFICE 

ARTHUR UNGAR in Charge 
I.oew'8 State Bldg., Suite 1221-22 
707 So. Broadway, Trinity 3711-3712 



LOS ANGELES 



Professionals have thie free use of Variety's 
Los Angeles Office for information. . Mail 
may be addressed care Variety, Loew's State 
BIdg., Suite 1221-22. Los Angeles. It will", be 
held subject, to call ot forwarded, or adver- 
tised in Variety's Letter List. 



The audience at the. Q.rphoum 
Monday Tight could . easily have 
been accommodatt^d in any; fair - 
sized parlor. Sometimes even tlu-. 
axjts. forget they ave playinB" in a 
iheatre and put on a show for, per- 
sonal amusement. / ^Vhik;h bving.s 
Lorth Hal Jeroin.o. extemporaneout; 
wise cracker, alwiiya On the lookout 
lor an opening:. Jerome and.Glori.i 
Gray were on fourth on this bill, 
loUowlhe two fast turns. As the 

Outlook in front was more like a 
home gathenng .Icromf iij?urpd it 
was okay to have a little fun and 
let the pit boys in on it too.. I^aughs 
were divided between the latter and 
Jerome, Side remarks about vaude- 
ville in particular had the. orchestra 
boys laughing. All this left little 
for Mi-ss Gray to do, but her person- 
ality and looks are enough; 

Then came Theodore Roberts in 

\his. Bkt'tcli, 'The Mari Ilfeher Up.'' 
Moberts, ialways the bi'illiant ch.ar- 
acter actor, was standai'd. He has 
played the act around here for sevr 
eral ye.ars and it is always good for 
a repeat. Roberts still on cirutohcs, 
looks great, but expects to tluwv 
them awiiy .soon. 
Con .Colleanp,: opened after inler- 

' ral.'5h. Collenno attempted sbmc ap- 
parently impossible, fc^afs on the 
tight wire and nin tie. good. Most 
sensational W.^s a front somersaialt. 
Back flips were easy for. him. Zc^- 
neta (Spani.sli) with Colleano did 
some preliminary ■dancing on the 
Uoor. 

Next to vinsing \vns well. tal;.(Mi 

rare of by White mid Tiernc-y, stand- 
• .ard comedy, terim. Mivvjorie "While 
was all over tlie stogc and waft n 
solid hit. Kd Tierney. worked hard 
and scored individually. Tlieir "run- 
away" hit for a finisla was pfrectivo. 
Nitz.'i Vernille in a .flash, dance ac.L 
closed the bill. Miss Vernille is j) 
versatile artlstPj . callable In more 
than one department. Arnaldo':' 

. tlyp.sy String Quartet enh,ances the 
turn with some exeeljent selections 

.<}harles Collin.'-', does some fast foot- 
work alone and with MLss Vernille. 

J-'our Headings! opened the show 
and stopped everything, for a. whik 
with .sensational , gymnastic feats. 
The eldest is one, of the original 
Four IJards and despite his age is 
corker of . a catcher, A daring chut" 
slide from the beams, climaxed Tor 
a rin.glng fmish. So, LVwero Cliilton 

• .and Thom.is, high brown boy and 
girl, fast steppers.: Thpy scored. 

Billy F;(rrell & Co., with old man 
Farrell in the act, had tlie trey. Dad 

. Farrell can still ;-?tcp despite his age 
. and came near .ehfAving his son u^ 
more than once. Young Farrell is 
likable. Nancy Reed is the irirl wlth 
lilm- in S'in.g and- dance speci.iltieis 
JAdn Gardner iseorcd In the motlic; 
part.. 

Not a bad show in toto. but wh' 
Is going to know it. 

Pantages did five shows ^Afonday 
openin.g day, with the Duncan Sis 
tcrs. First time In months extras 
have been tacked on here, but bu.si 
ness, warranted it. As ea-rly ais the 
first show they climbed the rafters 
for a peep at the ;.'irls. and the SRO 
sign was . out before they went .on 
Alexander Vantages, always on 
the scene for this sort of emerg 
ency, found himself sealing people 
left and right and he didn't mind 
it, either. P.antages is stepping out 
this year with a list of "names 
They don't seem to come any too 
big, and although not all of thorn 
have clicked, it's a long shot Pan 
is .still ahead. 

A well laid out bill, prefaced th 
Duncans. Vivian and Roset.a, will 
a brand new line of stuff, stopped 
Hiemselves cold several times, an 
could have continued all afternoon, 
---rime-table-had^ to-be-adjusted with 
the uRuaT short subjects eliminated. 
Four pianos, something out of the 
ordinary, vvere on the stage when 
. the siste)-s trotted forth. But two 
of the piano.^ were in action for tlie 
most • tii.ne. with y\r. and -. Mrs. 
Charles Ki.seo giving a brilliant ex- 
hibition. The. girls were in great 
shape' ail d" did; ahnut. anythin.g and 
everything .to .pleaise. 

Openers were two male acrobafs 
: and a girl dancer billed as the Spirit 
of Winter: purely atmospheric. Toe 
routine by the girl for an introduc- 
tion was deceiving. Next was Elsi.«, 



Clark with a male pianist accom.. 
panying in a cycle of songs, syn.- 
copateJ. , Miss Clark's voice didn't 
tach, though " her delivery was 
6l<ay. Comedy talk can be elimi- 
nated. 

One of the bejjt flash actis seen 
here, in .a spell.- was Wlvite Way 
Gaieties, song, dance and Instru- 
ment.ll- turn, . conipri.^ing eight peo- 
)Ie. Night club set is effective and 
the Andy Potter Trio has the boys 
doiibling on: several instruments. 
Louise : Blya iand Melyin Flegei, 
staiid but . with . some whirlwind 
dancing. Reiss Brothers, nifty 
hoofer.s, also double iii song, with' 
!fjaura Sweet as the abjective. Clever 
kid, the latter, and personifies her 
n-ime With as much warbling. Pre- 
ceding the Dunca.iis were Winifred 
and ^iills, male comedy team with 
the mirth perpetrated by Mills In 
blackface to his partner's Chink 
makeup. Material more or less an- 
tiquated, but good enough to pro- 
voke laughs. Yodel nximber sent 
thenii out strong. 

Screen attraction was "Coney 
Island," FBO. 



will arrange Bpeclal programs. One 
of tlie f^>atures will be the showing 
(■f did time, pictures, 



Leo Forbstein, musical director 
at the Million Dollar, directing , the 
musio at the Wampas Frolics lor 
the past three years, will again be 
in charge of the; orchestra at the 
Wiimpas ball , at the Ambas-sador 
Atiditorium Feb, 25, He is assem- 
bling two orchestrasj for the frolic. 
One combination will supply the 
danco music, while the other will 
serve for the general .jirogram en- 
teTt'ainment planned by the AVam- 
pas. 

"Who?" mystery play pi'oduced 
by John P. and M. II. Rie warts of 
San Francisco, wotit into the Holly 
wood Music Box this week. The 
booking was last minute with the 
house slated to go dark with the 
closing of "The Vortex." John P. 
Riewavts is the author of the piece, 
and. it had a short run in .San Fran 7 
ei.seo before coming here. In the 
east are. Ruth .'iaville, Herbert 
Hayes, John De - Weese, George 
Rand, George Cleveland and How- 
ard Macy. Bond covering two 
wcek.s' salary was posted with 
Equity. 



. Ai'lhur Smith reopened the L. A. 
I'lay house with "The T-'riumphant 
liaeliolor." .Cast includes Rennolh. 
llarlan, Ghai'lotte Stevens, Fvfe 
Niinsi-n, Phil Tead, Grace Travers, 
CJr.andon Rhode's,. Mabel Forrest, 
liuth tJaylord, Howard LorenZi ^tyra 
McKinney; .Marie Gordon and Mau- 
rice Hyde-Chick. 



Willi,am Eugene, Marion Aye and 
Gene Gowlng have the leading role.s 
in "The Married Virgin," opening 
this week at the Egan, 



Charles E, Kurtzman, manager of 
the Million Dollar, has gotten out 
a weekly house organ for the pa- 
trons of the theatre, wliich he calls 
"The Million Dollar . Chronicle." .It 
is a four-page affair. One column 
is devoted to personalities of people 
around the town. 



The Civic Repertory I'heatre of 
Angeles hai3 been organized 

wlih Mrs. M. B. Gillette president 

and Denis D' Auburn directoi". 
Profer^sional ta.lent Is to be used 
The theatre location has not yet 

been chosen, .nor the date for the 

ilr.si iH'oduction. 



Maurice Henle, one of the aids 
Jvtf Lazai-us has Ih 'the West Coast 
Theatres circiiit's home ofifice pub 
licity department, has turned play- 
wri.trht and scenarist. 

lie recently, wrote. a story' entitled 
'The Army of Silent "Women 
Sereen rights were disposed of to 
Ch.'irles R. Rogers, who produced 
for ]''ir,st National, Stage rights are 
'still available, ... 

Jlenle was formerly in the Para 
moiint. New York, publicity dei.)art 
mient. 



Pasadena Community Players are 
current b' presenting ' ':Miss Lulu 
T.ett,"' I'lilitzor prize ))lay of 1921. 
r.enore 'Shanewisp, George Reis; 
."Samuel S. Hinds, V'irginia Lyklns 
md Helenita Lleberg are. in the 
ca.'it, . - 



Robert Kane is negotiating with 
Carl Ed, creatoi' of "Harold Teen," 
comic .strip, to act as supervisor on 
the "Harold Teen" picture now be- 
ing produced by Kane for First Na!- 
tional. 

Paramount is negotiating with 
Jim '■fully to purchase the screen 
rights for "Beggars of Life," TuUy'.s 
latest hovel. TuUy will, work on the 
adaptation with a company staff 
writer if the deal is clo.sed. 



Cast of "A Connecticut Yankee 
at ilie ^Iayan Feb. 3 has Pearl Re- 
ga.v. I'll i.'sley Noon, Marie Wells, Loo 
^VIlite, Nell Jewell, Herbert Evans, 
Thelma Hubbard, Barney Gilmore 
and Itichard Lancaster. 

M.'iurice L, Kusell is staining. 



(iM'ii.in and 
hat hou.«<\ 



also staged prologs in 



Ludwig'G. l;, Ki-b, New York idc- 
tnr(* pririhxvr. N\ i!l build a hoine <>ii 
i;aHe Hollywmul drive, Hollywood 
Knoll, lie :)>airi -J'.l'.UOO for an acre 
')f larid tlierc- . . 



the 

'II ra - 



liori."*. Aiidi-r.'.iiin is wi'lting 
next lOsiMi",- Kal.>-:'tuu story fur I 
mount. 

NEW ENGLAND 

By R. V. TRIBE 

After . a lapse .of 10 years Sunday 
vaude h.'vs returned to .Sprlufilleld. 
It reappears in the form of presen- 
tation acts -at the ISroadvyay. Sun- 
d.ay acts slid away from. Springlield 
when they. wi.n»> tamed ih'.wn tv 
hymn singing or ehuivh number 
irixisieals. 



llartfoi d is to decide soon whether 
It will supi'ort a resivl<'ut theatre 
>?ueh as. proposed by J^obert Milton 
of New 'i'ork, I'orniation of a coin- 
l);iny i,*-- neariny <'(iinpU'lion. 



Parice,s will be hold In Lynn, 
Mas.s., by friends of William .St>lo- 
mans, once, secretary of formev 
Mayor Nevvliall, to raise moiiey to 
enable Soloman.s to make re.stitu 
lion of; $.1, I'll which he pleaded 
guilty of .having stolen. 



Daniel Harrington, vaude .'linger, 
i\)rmerly of Holyoke, Mass., walked 
I'ffstage iir Chieopee house when bf- 
fieers tviok hinr on Warrant charging 
nori-suji))t>rt. Wife said he Ivnd been 
absent fri)m her and two children 
for a year. Court ordered .him to 
])ixy $12 \K ('('Idy. ' , 



contract to 
completed 



Gi'.'iham Baker, under 
Warner Brothers has 
scenario of "Honcr'Bound" for Fox, 
and will do another for the latter 
compiin.v before returning to War- 
ners. His. new one for Fox will be 
a my.stery melodrama, directed by 
Al. P.ay. 



I'j-cd Stanley, free lance scenar- 
,ist, lijis been engaged by. W'arrier 
Prothers to write originals,.. His 
111 St wjll be for Louise Fazenda. 



United Artiist exercised option on 
cbiuract of Don Alvarado, actor, for 
six more months. 



"The Little Yellow IToUse" started 
production at the F. B. O. studios 
with Lucy Beaumont, William Orla- 
mond, Edward Peil. Jr., Martha 
.^Sleeper, Freeman Wood and Orville 
Caldwell in. thie cast. J. Leo Mee- 
han directing. 



"Lonesome," original .story by 
M;inn Page, started production at 
I'nivcrsal City with Glenn Tryon, 
Barbara Kent and Eddie Pliillips in 
the cast. Paul Fejos directing. 



ITTPTC Tlipntrp. Snn Kr.inrlsro 
L.V.;i\I H. Matlnop.-J Wed. anrt Sat. 

BTilT.ASrO, IllTl/KU * DAVIS 

Trcsont 

LIONEL BARRYMORE 

"LAUGH, CLOWN,' LAUGH" 



Production on "Dog Jesters" was 
started at F, B. O.- studios, with 
Jerome Storm directing. Cast in- 
<'hule3 Eddie Hearn. Niia Martan, 
Jiimes Welch and Alan Smith. 



Dr. Herbert S. Dickey has rc- 
turiii d from his South .Anierica ex- 
pedition with enough film to make 
a series of one reel travel pjcturj?s 
to be ri^'lea.sed through Fox. 



Julia Faye, under contract to De 
Mille, h.as returned from two-month 
trip .a))road. 



Riverside I'ark, '. conUiining 90 
acres With many .concessions and 
unc of the line.st dance halls in Mas- 
saeluisett-s, • .will be sold at auction 
mi thd' .Sprin};lield Courthouse steps 
I'^'eb' TG.! The only explanation givej 
was [ that ■ It Is to sa tisfy ..claims of 
the Henry J. Perkins Company, 
"due to breach of mortgage condi 
'lens." ; 



Peanuts at the movies in Hooker 
Auditb'rlhm, .Mt. Holyoke College 
are. labo.o tiiis year because of last 
year's experience cleaning up shells 
liefreshments this year are liniite't: 
to }"".si{imo pies. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



Kiii.i^s." 
I ).!;-.; pie" 



Metropolitan— "Kitig of 
Snubert ~. "Tlie DeviVs 
i,li.iinlii"id>:'> stock). 

Hennepin -Orpheum ~. Vaudeville 
(Kihel Cl.iyiou and laji -Keith . laiid 
The. Leopard Lad.v." . . 
Pantages — Vaudeville ^Fridka, and 
Rhodu daneeis.^ a"d "The IH.ve.". 

Palace-— ■'( iive..and Take" (..Nieirall- 
Fridge.), 
Seventh Street- — 
"Midcri^t Pa.siipies") and 
ijiU : Wife:" ■• 

Gayety — "Parisian Flappers 
HurlesQue. 
State— "The Gay Defender," 
Garrick— "The Student PHn.:e," 
Strand— "The Patent leather 
Kiel." . 

Lyric— "French 
Graind— "The 
loop showing. 



Vaudeville 
"His For- 



tM) 



Dressing. 
Gorilla." 



.^^econd 



"Eight China. Rosebuds," local^ 
girls' band, playing Marigold • dance 
hall here, routed over W. V. A. 
time, opening at the local Seventh 
!-:treet this. week. 



The Minneapolis "St.tr" has start- 
C'd a dajLLv theatrlea'l eoUiinn. The 
one in the .Minneapolis ".lounial" 
was abandoned when Karlton Milca 

left,' 



"King of Kings,'' at the Metropol- 
itan this Week, wa.s revised to meet 
the objections of local rabbis. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

By H. D. SANDERSON 

Lyceum-^"My Maryland." 
Eastman — "The Student Prince,'* 
Rochestep^"The., Devil Dancer"^ 
Gllda Gray (personal). 
Regent— "Her Wild Oat." 
Piccadilly — "Honeymoon . Hate." 
Fay's — "One Round Hogan." 
Temple — K.-A, vaude, 
Gayety — ^Iiurles<iue ( Mutual ) , 



Tiernard Simon, in advance of 
C.ilda Gray ("The Devil Dancer"); 
headlining the current olio at the 
Rochester theatre, pulled one over 
on this ho-Sunday vaude town,>-by 
arranging a midnight show Htart- 
ing at midnight Sunday and rtm- 
nihg till l a, m, Monday, just 
enough to . pull the performance 
from under the legal barrier. 



BALTIMORE 

By BRAWBROOK 

ludent Prince' 



IVIarylancJ-- "Tlie f 
(DrWolf liojiper). 

Auditorium - "The 
Knopf). 

Garden — K-A vaude 
Hippodrome- K-A vaudo-films. 



Outsider (K. H. 
film.". 



Palace- 
Gayety 
Lual), 



.Sto«;k burleS(iue-rilmR, 
"l-"rench Models" (Mil- 



ls the 
at the 

.Shrine auditorium, presented by Al 
Malaikah temple. 



"The Prince of Pilsen" 
operetta current' this week 



Pasadena jCommunlty Playhou.sc 
will close their spring sea.son with 
"Lazarus Laughed," Eugene O'Neill 
opus, April 9. 



"The Showdown," by Olga Prinlz-. 
lau, is slated for the Henry Duffy 
I'lavi IS ;it the 101 Capitan r</ll<jwing 
"Two Girls Wanted." 



.The Piilaee's new policy got off to 
a good start, having a crowd wait- 
ing- for the b.o. to oiien .Saturd.-iy 
nofm, The house offers stock bu'r- 
lesfiue; i)lus feature picture on a 
grind policy. 



" SnhT-"Wobd will- direct-^WiJliain 
Haines In his next for M-G-M. 
titled "Iron Mike," Haines will play 
:i newspaper reporter* 



. .Eugene O'Neill will direct his 
play, "Lazarus Laughed," for. its 
premiere at the Paradena Commun- 
ity Playhouse. April 9. The play- 
wright will shortly arrive on the 
coast,' . . ■ - ■ . ■ 



After, trying ^several years to be- 
come an American citizen, Theodore 
Michaelovlch- Ko.sloff was granted. 
naturallz.Ttion papers by^ Federal 
Jud.ge Paul J, MoPorrnick, Kosloff 
was denied citizenship in 1925 be- 
cause he asked exeniptlort from 
military service during the World 
War. 



West Coast Theatres circuit will 
celebrate "'fhnmas A. ICdi.son Week" 
starling Fi'b. 10. Every West C<iast 
house, from Sdn Diego to Sfattle 



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for many of the motion picture producers and all Fanchon and 
Marco West Coast presentations. These costumes for rent to respon- 
sihle musical stock and tab show companies at reasonable prices, 
FANCHON and MARCO COSTUME CO. 

643 So, Olive street LOS ANGELES. CALIF. 



P.iramount has signed Charlos 
-Oiuck" Relsner to direct the next 
W, C Fields-Chester Conklln te-im 
picture, "Quick Lunch,". 



Larry Ceballos will stage an at- 
niospliei-Io program at the Motro- 
itolitan next week. When they have 
• Jlon,' Mario" as a screen feature. 
Il<- is to, use 32 girls In thi.s pro- 
^ran-i,-\vlth the feature of. the stage 
Mct b' itig "The Dance of the 'Totf-iii 
Prd'-.'-' This number of glfls Is th' 
i:irg(st that Fanchon and Mar'-o 
have used for any. of their .sfatc< 
pre.^f'ntations "at one -t-Itne. 



Manager Howard D. Kin^sinon' 
introduced a new Idea at the Valen- 
cia last week. Lifting a. ."^hort sub- 
.ief:t fi'orn the 3 p.m. show, he had 
Mi.se|i;i (Juterson, or<'he.mra conduc- 
tor. ])lay a group of classical antl 
serni-cl:issic;i 1 rc(iue.«t numbers. 
The idea w( nt over well and will h< 
ret.ained. 



Mary Garden heads the Chicago 
Civic Opera Co. in its first appear^- 
anco hei-ie' at the Eastman theatre 
]''cb. 13 In her newest sih^cpss, 
"Re3urr<*ction," 



Lsadore Alport, manager Chill 
theatre, s.aw two boys take f-Tj from 
the house office. He chased them, 
took, the money away from theno 
and let them go. 



Fred H. Caldwell, veteran vaude- 
ville .acrobat, has retired from the 
stage. Recently his. wife, with 
whom he toured many seas'jn.-i . on 
Keith's circuit as Caldivell and 
Went woith, underwent a s'-rlous 
operation, and both decided to re- 
tire, ■ 



Tho Palace. Andovor, was sold, 
last week by Harry Wllllarnp. IJor- 
nell,' to W, S. Calhoun and H. O. 
Hnydf-r, Andover. 

Ivat) Cone has} discontinued movie 
shows In Ru.shville, due to.lark of 
pjitron-tge. 



'•'Gay I'arce" h.ad the biggest 
opening of any .attraction this sea- 
.son at the Auditorium, but latei' 
ran Into a blizzard. I'^nished around 
$2R.')00. . 



Sam 
recent 



Turn in has 
.b))i ration. 



recoveied from a 



. Frederick -Arnold Kummer; nr)v- 
el'j^t and playwright, Is bringing. 
sUit ag.'iinst new>pa)iers in- Norfolk 
and N<'-wark w*hleh, be allepres. 
printed fal.'-e .'irinouneernents of hi'- 
denilf^e,- 



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Wednesday; February 1, 1928 



DETROIT 



By JOE BIGELOW 

Cass- (Sliulvertj — "(Jdiiil News" 
(6th Wfckj. Doing bost I'iz in town; 
■will. st:iy .oiffht. wi.i-ks, iwo • over 
orifrlnal limit. . 

. Lafayette (SlmluTt)- ' Tin' Squall" 
(1st \YiM'k). Opened Siunt.iy, ri'i>lac- 
inp "The Spiilor"; l.-dicr slui-k Univ 

WPC*lv!P. 

New Detroit n\'hi1n<v.v') — /'Lnlu 
Bt^Uc;- (Jst \vi'i.'liK tVilhn^-cd "j'o- 
ti-nikin",. ((ilm) MoMilay Cor limUod 
two AvcOks' rhn; .r;«''ni!i;o l.'lr'ii' in- 
cast.- ■ . ■■.■■':.'-: ]■■. 

Shubert Detroit 
dark; -.loo Cooks.' 
comilli'toil .ihref' 
nighf; "Oo.iiutess' 

Bbhstelje Playhouse 
A<]viP'=" (Ktock). 

.:. Majsstic- ■ "J.u ff .Tlv.it Orr ( Woud- 
^^^1r(l I'lMyin-s'^took)!- ■ ■■ ■ 
; Adams ( Kunsky.) ■ -"jApyc" (.Af-Cl) 
(2(1 w\ k r. ■ ■ ■ . 

Capitol (Knnsky)-r-"yunli(y ftlroot" 
M-<i) . and stafjo: hand prt.'scjitation. 

Fox Washington (]''()x) -"Ooinf! to 
My Hohsc" ( K.ox) .and ']\To\',ia(onp. 

Madipon CKuhAky) — r ''The Jazz 
Sinfici-" (VS'anior);. and .A'it<i phone 
(6lh \v« •■]<). ■ . ' . 

- Miclii'-|an (Kunsky )— -'•Shepherd of 
iheMfi'is" (K N.)^ and. "Treasure 
Ships.". I'.ublix unit; 

United Artists A.) - -."Sadie 

Thonipsdn" .A.). Xe\v house will 
open i''rid!iy (Feb. .3). • . 

Oriental ( Miles) — "Ka.ntirne" and 
Puma i^f.^ vaiide,. six acts. 

State i ICun.skyvi— "The l-'our KUi.'^h- 
eir"' and T.oew -vfiiide, six aets. 

TempJe ( Kr A)— "Let T.r Oo. CJal- 
lajrher" atid. K-A vaude, five aetf?'.- 

Cadj'llac — "It'olii.es :oi' l'](>a.sure" 
(Mutiiarhiirlesque); ■ 



f Shuheri ) . Tlou.si' 
"lljiin or Shinii" 
Aveeks Sa t nr.d.'iy 
.\f(irit'/a" l''«d). 

•Take M.v- 



filjrin.^in^ lip i.^.suid to be tlie oau.si' | 
for ^^ov(•rilnu ni inauiry. ] 
With ili.i- necessary fl' liipior jier^ j 
init .(uoi.kI iiii" ;H). day.sj in h;ind ;i 
club )Mi niiicrshiii .card a thir,<ly one 
may li<>p ihc fci-ry to AV'in.dsor, 'pur- 
cl.ia'sr Ills ri'irc.--l.Mneni from a Kov- 
•..riuiiciii diMrlluilint,' slalioii, wlx-t 
the .whi.'^il'.' and c.aclie ilie rcinaininfr 
conlciil."-;, i!" ai\y, in his club locker. 

The ;;itninlck is.ihat all X'i'indsnr 
cinbs • r>'iiiure. the .spacioiisness of 
llicir.. Inckers abovc^ otlier faeliities. 
.\nothcr tii)-orf point, if^ that irieni- 
bcr.ship,'; sell for next- to nothliif?, 

The ferry rides, pel'iniL purchaseis 
and brotlierhoml cards are hot alto- 
pcctlier necessary, for it is whlsiierod 
it.- is. iiossible. to prociu'.e a drlnlc. or. 
two .riKht in Detroit, hut-.-niost of 
the TOciil stuff is idther cut,' needled 
or hopped up. 



Since . the shooting' last .week, of- 
J 'a troliha ii ,( ! lehn ITiiiuer -in the. T.idg 
.Cabin Inn, lOasL.Adam.s street caba- 
ret, a i; a. in. eiu'few has be(.'H ina- 
]»c.)sed on all-nifjrht. life in JJ.etroit. 
Tile elo.'^lhp order includes evcry- 
|. tiling.; 

Ah !\ result of the early clo.iinK 
several nikht places uslnj;' llobr 
isliow.s ha.ve-. added a supper or.early 
show. 



Jak(- Snnth, trade-iiape.r editor and 
f Qrriierly A'ariety 's . eorresp(mden t in 
Detroit... retin-ncd to hi.s home laist 
■^veek .after an operation for appen- 
dicitis;' 



• Creain of :M.ich-.'-firan Cafe, fre- 
quently raided gambliiif{. and dnnk^ 
ins resort, . waj^ isiapppd ddu bio last 
week, with a temporary injunction 
by Judf;e Mar.sehrier nhd a petition 
far padlock by . A.ssistant Prosecutor 
"Walling. Cream of . Michigan derives 
its name f rom a brand of contraband 
beer poi)ular in Chiotiw. 



Charley Mack,, head of the Michi- 
gan \:audeville Manapei*s' Associa- 
tion, t-ntered the Shrine ,7an. 27. 



It was a case of mistaken iden- 
tity when police detained Eva Sher- 
rard. organist at the Hillsdale thea- 
tre, because of her clojie resemblance 
to Frances St. John Smith, the mibs- 
inff college student. A clerk in A 
Jackson hotel, noticed the resem 
bianco and qalled the police. 



Police .of . Wind.sor, the chief Ca- 
nadian oasis for parched .Detroftites, 
are in vestigatinur the validity of es 
tabli.shirig residences: bj', the pur 
chase of membership.s in Windsor 
iiocia] org.'inizatlons. 

The large increase In thft nuinber 
Of the lodges and athletic .clubs and 
the speed with which they have been 



N(nv l.'nited Artists theatre, 2,000, 
oiiens l"'el). ' 3 .a'ter' an - invitational 
I»reniiere Tlnirsclay evening. ' "Sadie, 
ThompsoTi" ( r. 'Al) ' is tlic opening 

tilm. . • . : r 

Alnuist inmiediatcli' ■ vipdii oj)en- 
ing, the new houst" will run into s.ome 
self-made oiipp>iitioli of two-pTy 
dimens.ions. Throiigli li case, of biid 
bi'eaW oh .oiic hand' and a ' case 6C 
questionable booiving on th.e other, 
Chaplin's "The Circu.s" (jilsu t'. A.) 
will soon dT)fn <it the Adams, and 
(iilda Oray, . making,' personar ap- 
pearances with her"])evil Dancer". 
(V: A.), goe's into the Capitol- wt.ek 
of Vch. 18, . . ■. . ■ 

Pqth thc^ Adams -t'md Capitol arc 
Kun-t^ky houses and regarded as 
strict opposi."<h-. 

The' Chaplin eonfliet is. unavoid- 
able,. a.«! the picture wa.s sold in. l>e-. 
troit. alm'ost . two years ago. .Vt that 
time tlioi c' was little talk (if a t*. A.- 
'opera,ted theatre here. 

Mi.ss Gray stops at the C.ipitol as 
pari of her . . picture, hoiise tour. 
Though the local .XT. A. management 
contends, .she .will not dig into the 
now house, it is {ipparcnf the local 
date Avas arranged without the F. A. 
theatre opening in raiud.\ 

The IT. A. policy includes, besides 
pictures, 20-piec.e pit prcheslra, as 
at the new 'IT. A. house, in. Chicago, 
with, nothing on . the .stage. Fred 
Stahlberg will conduct: aUhough 
Hugo Riesenfeld Is scheduled to 
break, the ice Friday night. .' - 

Charley .!fl.ammerslaugh, formerly 
With Orphoum and Publi.K, will be 
:eneral manager, for t'. A. ip De- 
troit. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y. 

By JO AERAMSON 
Majestic — "The Shanghai 

Brooklyn — 'lAbie's Irish 

'Walls." 



STEIN'S 
MAKE-UP 

Professionaljy Essential 




c;os 

tuj-e." 
Werba's 

Hose." 

.Teller's Shubert— "Kour 
Cort r.lamaiea)— "Taza. 
Werba's Rivera -"Out 
Xight." ■ 

Strand'-"The Circus" (lilm), 
E. F. A.lbee— "A Texas \Stecr" 
vaude. 

Loew's Metropolitan~ '"Xo\v We're 
in^the All" and vaudo. , 
St. George Playhouse:— '.'Tvoudon 
After Mtdui.ghl" (film). 

Momart- -"J'hahtom of the Opera" 
(rilm)..' 

Fulton . (stock) — "One Maji's AVcim-r 
;ih." • 



of the 



and 



"Abie's Tri.sh. .Uose" is sticking in 
Ih'ooklyn.for c second Week .at Wer- 
ba's. The lionse is offering t.lie best 
.seals al ll.no. with four inatinee: 
during the .\yeek.. 



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TJonn Wdltt^r. 
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Ctarliam Win 
Olffurd. WO. 
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OrlilU-y nai?i . 

liamblet Viuva 
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Hasscn 'Ucn 
Heller & Rlloy 
ITerman T^nwla 
Hertz Xiinian 
TIOKan & Stanley 

Ivcr.son' Frltzlo 

.Tohn.slon Ted 

Kawakami Alda. 
Kennedy Uthel 
K1nsoy'& Evans 
Kinsey Kathryn. 

Ijarry's IJnter. Bob 
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Ijoo Mrs 
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LeUoy Dot 
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M.acey Walter 
Maocy & Madeline 
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■ The -Minstrel .Make.- Up . . ._J. 
50c. PER*CAN 



With the 
show Ovei',. 
happier.' 



local and a.innKil 
theatre manager.s . 



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SOLD EVERYWHERE 

by M, STlfilN COSMBTIC 
CO., N. Y. 



"The --(Virfc'^-theatre rlunisps - ^i, 
musical, coniedy this week c 
'TiLza;" pi-,e..sejUed hy Cliarlc.' 
Abr^ii'son. J )esivee lOllingcr. 
(Jreek :H.v';nis-'ln the cast. . 



•new 
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a;'nd 



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.Stlli open tor- 

Rehearsal Halls and Meetings 

Under New Management 

341 West 47th Street, New York 



Oeorge M. C'ohah's new . farce 
comedy, ".VS-hlspering J<'riends," is 
due a't U'erbiils riext week. Th.e 
week follo\viiig,"Dlplonxacy," with 
an .all star east, ecnnes In, Top. 
l)rice- f()r "Dip-loniitcy" will: be $:i..;iO 



"The .Letter" scheduled for tin 
^^a.iestlc next week and. "The ri.ay'.' 
the Thing" at the Cort, ' 



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This week is the 17th anniversary 
of Keith's .fUishwick; 




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Post Anne . 
Powell Ackland. 

.'Rlcbardson Anna 

nideowt Harrison .. 

Kogc'rs Gamble ' 

Ro(;era .Tames O 

Ruloft Alexis ■■ 

KusscI Gene ;. 

Se'lpiyNate ' 

Smith jQhn .A 
.Sinyth li 

."Taggarte Oraco M 
Tatton Harold . 

Welse Bruno 
Wood Brltt 

OFFICE 

McDonal 3 
McEIp^h- Aubrey 
Mole Joe. 
Moore & Montcze 
Morgran Chas 
Morris. Klnier 
Murray II &. ^f . 

NaimoU Eva 
Newman 'W. JI 

O'Brien .Edna 
Oweri Di.ck 

Palmer Hy 
Pappap.Toi'n 
PastoreVIl Ntiia ' 
Patts Aerial . 
Pymm K & P 

Ray. & Dayton'. 
Reed & I.ucoy ■ 
■Regfont H . 
Rene Mlpmon 
Seyholds 'Vera 
Riley . Joe 
Robinson' Charlie 
RQB-ers'.-&-KinB 
Rogers - Jaclc- 
Rome & D.uuii 
R.osa 'Katharine 
Ross jc' Gil.l'.ort- 
Rulilnl &. RoPH 

•Seymour Grace . 
Shannon Helen ": . 
Sharp Billy 
Sherry Edith 
Slggle 
Smeck Roy- 
Spencer Paul. 
Steinbeck Bruiio 
Sylvester & .Vanc(» 

Ta( Jue So 
Tliorntoni Riuhard - 
Tlnploy Lillian 
Tip Tops 8 ' 
Turner To.wnscnd 

Ubrlght Dqiiie 
tJyenpa Japs 

"Vance Fred ■ 
Veil Marge 
Veaijo O & M 

Waldron Jack 
Wayne CUfTord . 
Welse Bruno 
West Irene 
White H K 
White HP 
Whitman, Flo 
Williams Dixie 
WUUama &-Weston 
Wilson Geo P 
Woody Arch 
Wright Geo M 
Wynn'Ray 



Tuga M 

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BRONX, N.Y. C. 

■Work on the picture house which 
Julius Jpelson is erecting at 167th 
street and River avenue, has been 
again stopped, due to conflict over 
the building permit. Completion of 
"the hofis'c'is now loner overdue. 



. .Tohn-F. Lamp, formerly company 
nui linger for Shuberts, tias succeed- 
ed the late Maurice Silverstein as 
man.'iger of the Bronx Opera House. 



ATLANTIC CITY 

By viNCE Mcknight 

Apollo— "Chicago." 

Stanley— "Chinese I'arrot* 

Virginia — "Gentlemen .Prefer 
Blondes." 

l-Jarie- "American Be.auty" and 
vaude. 

Colonial— '"Tho City Gone 'Wild." 
Strand— "Good Time Chai-ley." 
Capitol— "The Big I'arade." . 
City Square— -"The Claw." 



J. J. White is out as manfLger of 
tho America, formerly Miiicr'.s 
Bronx, now playing dramatic stock. 
\\1vito came in three weeks ago 
Witrr tlT(r"Hlaney'Pla;yersf""- ~" -^"~ 



Fo^. . the . first time siuce the 
■"rhankagiving holidays, a musical 
comedy, will be at the* Apollo next 
week, Ircno Bordoni In the. pi-emiere 
<if "Paris." Commanders a;r6 In the 
ciist. • ■ 



Tom Hughes, doorman at the 
l;3arle,' had a harro'w escape from 
(leuth by burning Uist week. Hughes 
had fajlerv ittttt. i deep sleep at his 
home wlilch shortly after caught 
lire. . But for his daughter Hughes 
wo .lid have been trapped in his 
room. He was s(!verely burned about 
the face. 



Mrai Malcolm Thompson, wife of 
one of the Stanley Theatre organ- 
ists, died of paralysis catised by 
rheumatism at her home here Jan. 
25. Thompson had been married for 
only it month.'<. 



After a brief lay-off, Tony .' La 
Kosa has again opened his Follies 
Bergere and will continue most 
likely uiitil Washington's Birthday. 
New flowi- show with Jimmy Albino's 
orcliestra. • 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

By CHESTER B. BAHN 

■ Wieting— Dark.; Feb. 13 "'The 
Vagabond King" returns (split 
week). ■ ■ 

B. F. Keith's -Vaudeville-films^ 

Temple^ — Pop vaudeVille-films, 
. Crescent— IndP vaude-ttlms. 

Savoy— Palace Burleskera (stock). - 

Strand— "Billie IJove" - V.itaphone. 

Empire— Don Alvin's Gang; (pre- 
sentation) -"The- Fortune Huiiter." 

Eckel — "Two Flaming Youths"- 
"The Collegians." ' 

Syracuse— "i;nderworld"-"Not for 
Publication." 

Rivoli — ".fesse Jiimes." 
. Regent— "Quarantined Rivals," 

Harvard —"Firemen, Save My 
Child." 

Swan — "'J'hc Cat and the Canary:" 



Syracuse University produces "The 
ChangUngs" Thursday at the lie- 
gent, direction of Prof. Sawyer Fa Ik. 

Rome iacal t.'ilent stages ''Mr, I'im 
Pa-ssea By" at the iSrnlly, liome. 
Feb.. 15, ;, 

Her recent marriage hero. led to a 
•reunion of.Lena Lederfine, otherwiso 
Virginia lx)Ulse .Iteynolds, of tlio 
Savoy burlesijue stock, and licr: 
father, Sftmiiel Lederfine, New York, 
Lena di.sappfeared from homo iu 
April, 1926, and her family conduct- 
ed a- fruitless search for her. Re- 
cently the young actress w.'ts mar- 
ried to Ira Leslie Flippo and. con- 
fessed her real identity to her hug- 
band. Hq communicated with the 
father, advising that I..ena njight be 
reached vi.'i general dellVefy; .fjeder- 
fine notified the authorities and 
came on; When Fljppo called for 
mail, -the father and officers were> 
waiting. The rfeunion fblhiilved. 



The city «'i.dmlnlstratiori has cre- 
ated a new post, "inspector of. public 
UKsemblies." It will be filled by 
Charles Wilkes, fireman, heretofore 
assigned to the theatres. 

Will Rogers, , scheduled Tor the 
Mizpah Feb. 14, has postponed his 
appearance until April 17. 



Hazel Bowhian, prima dohnft, and 
Edna White's C Jirl Orchestra are at- 
tractions at the Syracuse, auto show 
next week. ' .. 



On the ground the ordinance per- 
mitting Sunday movies was class 
legislation, favoring the theatres 
while other lines of commerce, were 
forbidden to trafllc on the Sabbath, 
Mayor Norman A. . Boyd vetoed the 
common council mea.sure which had 
been pa.ssed after .a j'ear's wait on 
the table for the necessary votes to 
pass. It was the first veto by a 
Binghamton mayor in many years. 



The. Cortland (N. Y.) "Standard" 
will sponsor, the making of a two- 
reel home t/Uent film, "Cortland's 
Hero." Don O. New'land will direct 

Attempting to awaken a patron 
who apparently was violating the 
house rule against sleeping, Mana- 
ger Fred Perry. Binghamton theatre, 
discovered that Le Grand Winston. 
72, Tunnoll, had died from a he.-xrt 
attack while watching the picture. 



Though the Yiddish theatre Tnisi- 
ness is pretty well shot^ it is bcar- 
iiig lip: surprisingly . well in tJie 
Bronx, .tloth the Prospect and Mc- 
Klnley Square, playing Yiddish le- 
git, are doing well,- and- now Abe 
Cogut and Louis Hlrschhorn, who 
had. the ' Prospect for Yiddl.sh vaude 
and pii'tures last season,, have ac- 
.ciuirt'd tho Benenson, picture house, 
for the saiiie policy. It opens Fri- 
day under the nevir policy. Cogut 
will manage and his brother,, i'c- 
hnda, will be in the company. 



SAMUEL NATHANS, Inc. 

66$ Seventh Avenue, between 40th and 41«t Streets. New York Citv 
eOJM AOKNTfi FOR HAM TBrNKfi IN TH« KAat 
rhones: lioncacre 61D7-0O64 - 



ALBANY, N. Y. 

By HENRY RETONDA 

Strand— "Beau Sabreur" and \'it.i; 

Rit2 -"Beware of Married Men." 

Clinton Square — "Quaritmined 
Uivjil.«." 

Leiand— "Man Crazy." 

Capito!--"rrappy Days; burli's(iue 
second h;ilf.- 

Grand- Pictures and v.aude, 
— Haiir'^ViXTnin-it'nd'^secdnd-TUTi-^Ti''- 
tur(>s. 



irarnianus Bloecker Hall, a l'ro( 
tor second rUn hou.*ie, has ;idd' 
thiee acts, changes Mondays- 
Thiirsd.ay.H, The prlco, 25 top, un- 
changed. : — 

Beginning February 17, Phi! Ko- 
mano and hia orchestra will go on 
the air regularly . from the DeW'.i;; 
Clinton . hotel through WGY at 
SclKMiect.idy. 



NEW HOTELS 



(Continued from page l) 
ties west of 8th avenue as thealre. 
sites, especially after the comple- 
tion of the subway on that thor- 
oughfare. 

6,700- Room Hotel 

; An additibn. is the plan of the 
building. .Chanins to erect at 6,700- 
room hotel not far from Times 
square. It will be the' largest 
hosfelry in the world. .Ait present 
a hotel of 3,000 rooms Is the largest, 
—Stevens Hotel, Chicago, 

The Lincoln takes . i-ank as tho 
biggest hotel in New York west of 
Broadway and the tallest residen-, 
tial structure in Times . square... It 
lias. 30 stores, emplos's 1,0.00 per^.. 
.sons. . whose .iggi*egal!,e payroll 
amounts to $100,000 monthly, The 
servldor system is used and be- . 
cmiae of that, the valet privilego 
has - been : leased for .$60;000 
annu.'tlly. No one has figiircd out 
how many pair of . pants to be 
pressed the big fee represents; 

Jaraes T. Clyde is the nkanaglng 
director of the Lincoln. Clyde, one 
tiinc college man, is a fortper show- 
man and. soldier of fortune, lie 
wiia assistant to the M.tieschenh?lms 
when the Hotel Astor openf dy that 
hostelry then .being regarded as the 
la.st word' in hotels. Some of its 
500 rooms had an attached bath. 

As a youth Clyde was with Hav- 
er ly's Minstrels, traveling with the 
troupe to Australia. He ■was con- 
nected with the Barnum -Bailey 
Circus, then entered the carnival 
field, 

"Big Jim," as he was known, 
built "The World at Home Shows," 
the largest carnivar of its time, a 
30 -car show, and he was the first 
man in that field to strike the note 
for clean carnivals J . 



The Avon, T'tica, Albert P. Kauf- 
in.'in, local Schinc manager, Satur- 
day inaugurated Ji semi -presentation 
■|jwl icy; -in staVli ng - JOmile- Chaquette^ 
and his I'layh.o> s as an iidded at- 
traction. To build .up school chil- 
dren patronage. Kaufman is distrib- 
uting special tickets cutting the 40c 
price to 10c. Saturday matinees. 

The Stale, Ttica, following Its sale 
to /i company headed by J, J; Ray.' 
nioi'id, i.s' 'changing policy; playing 
double feature films plus four acts 
of vaudeville. . • .. 



FUR COATS 

MANUFACTURER'S 

Closing Out Salesman's 

Samples 
Coats sold up to ^350*00 en 
Fifth Ave. b«''e n.ow a*. 

$75.00 to $125.00 

Take advantn^. of this offering 

305 Seventh Ave., New York 

20th FIX>OB 



"My Maryland?' playing the Wiet- 
ing hero last week, came in for criti- 
cism through numerical misrepre- 
sentation of the company. "The ad- 
vertising called for a niale chorus of 
60 and a com)»aiiy of 150. Actually 
there w;is a male chorus of 31 and a 
company of SO, the latter iiiGludlng 
1.3 local hoys used in the finale as 
Jackson's ;irniy. The show's open- 
ing was disappointing, drawing 
about half a liousc. 

ncwilf Xcwing. whri split with his 
.-^look partner, l''rrink Wilcox, last 
suniiuer and \\ho will oppose "VVilcox 

"uHln^C'^TlWplr^anmpany^here^thls 
year, state.^- win n he signed for the 
Tciii|ile he undorstood Wilcox would 
he missnig from the local field j 

j .Vewing .also believed AN'illiain Hard- 
vr would lias'c the Wicting, but tli.at i 
rianltT withdrew and ch.'inged his ' 
l)lans when he ftuiiid he would h;ivc 
Temple o)»iiosiiiiin. The Shuberts 
then signed \\'ilcox for a fifth Wlr-t- 
ing seasun, 




S3rd WEEK 

ALL GIRL SHOW 

NOW ( A,STINO FOB 

NEXT SEASON 



^-j Eyebrowg Darkened 
l^ft^P^ Permanently 

lOiycbrows and lii.<iht.H iierfected and darkened 
ivfth ■ Coioura; not alTecled bj waahlnfc, pcr.- 
hplratlon, cte.itns, tonrs, ' etc. ; la.it8 for we*k«.; 
Iioalllvoly harmleab. - Exiiorta at both blioin,. 
TrKitment nOc. Box with Instnictlona '(orner 
Iliad; or brfivni). $l.'.i!i, 'pdstpiiid. 
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Boar-'s Head dramatic society of 



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. EXPERT PUBLICITY SERVICE 
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Wednesday, February 1, 1928 



VARIETY 



63 



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HOTELS FOR SHOW PEOPLE 



HOTEL HUDSON 

ALL NEWLY DECORATED 
$ 8 and Up Single 
|i2 and Up Double 

Hot and Cold Water and 
Telephone in .Each Room 

102 WEST 44th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Phone ! BBY ANT 1228-29 



HOTEL FULTON 

(In the Heart of New York) 
$ 9 and' Up Single 
^14. and Up Double 

Shower Baths, Hot and Cold 
Water and TelQpnone 
Electric Ftin In eitcli room 
264-268 WEST 46th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
Phone: - Lnckawanna COUO-l 
Opposite N. V. A. 



Fiotels ILiORR^INE: and GR^NX— CHicago 



LORRAINE 

SINGLE ROOM. BATH, »2.00 PP 
DOUBI-E ROOM, BATH,- «n.fiO AND $21.00 WBERIiY 
UOUItI.E WTTHOl'T BATH, $14.00 WEEKLY 
LJIONAKU UICKS. President 



GRANT 

SINGLE ROOM WITIIOVT BATH, $1.25 AM) $l.r.O IMCU D.VV 
.SIN<J1,E BOO.M. BATH, S'i.OO TEK DAY 
DOUBLE ItOOM K'lTHOl'l BATH, $\tAH) PEIt WKEK 
DOUBLE ROOM -WITII. BATU, $17.60 AND $21.00 WKLOKLY 



NEW HOTEL 

100 Rooms 
100 ShowePB . 

and Tubs 
Double Rooms 

$3— $4r-$5 
Single Rooms 
$2.50 and $3.00 



HOTEL KILKEARY, Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH'S HOTEL FOR THE PROFESSION 
- I Conveniently Located Within Five Minutes of All 

DOWNTOWN THEATRES 
Announcing the Opening of New Restaurant and Coffee Shop 

THE FAYETTE 

In Connection with the Hotel— Something Different, Good Food, Reasonable Prices 



Absolutely 
Fireproof 
Artistic Steel 
Furniture 
J. F. KILKEARY 
Proprietor 

NINTH ST. and 
PENN AVE. 




ALL MODERN CONVENIENCES 



200 ROOMS 



200 BATHS 



MARION ROE HOTEL 

Broadway and Pine 
St LOUIS, MO. 

Laclede Cars at' Station Pass the Door. 



Coming, to Washington, D. C.7 

The LEE HOUSE 

FIFTEENTH AND L 

260 Rooms Ench With Tub & Shower 
Special Professional Rates 
Single, $17.50| Double, $25.00 
. Twin Bedsi $28.00. . . 
Bob Bhick, Mnnai;er'' 



BILLS NEXT WEEK 



(Continued from page 41) . 

r,yricli & May 
T.,<'xyton & May 
LawtoTi 
(One to fill) 



Horton & SiniiU 
Morton & finUy 

1st half (i;-8) 
■W.-ird & Diamond 
Luyrcn & Vnro' 
4' Acqs & Queen 
Harry Ames Co 
Dave Vlni 
Allman & Nalby 

2d half (0-12) 
Gwynnp Co 
Dixie 4 

Wolfe & Jerome 
Janet Heppen Co 
Bond & Wright 
Buscoc & Hank 

MACON, GA. 

Keith's (30) 
Johnny Lyons 
Emily Dorroll 
Vernon 

Rhoda & Broshellc 
A *. G Falls 

MANCII'ST'R, N.H. 

... I^*1*W9 ^ . 

".2d haif (2^5) 
Green & Parker 
Martinet Crow 
Allman & Nally 
. (Two to fill). 

JflLANSFIELD. O. 
MudlRon 

.2d half (2-D) 
. Lcs Klinke 
Jas & B Lostor 
Jack I^ee . , 

(Two to nil) ' . 

M'KEBSPORT. PA. 

. . IIIppcMlrome 

2d half (2-6) 
Parisian Art 
Jcsnio Dlvorsky 
Heller & Loralne 
At 4 P M 
•; (One to nil) 

MEADVILLE. PA 
Park 

2d hdlf (2-5) 
Tnkeo . 

Rudell & Punlpan 
Adcle Jason 
(Two to All) 

^ MBRI DEN , OT.- 

Keith's 

2d half (2-5) 
Tanner & Palmer 
• .lack Collier Sis 
Erlcert & Francis 
Jos B Stanley 
COno to flin 

M'DLET'WJJ, N. T. 

Keith's 

2d half (2-5) 
. rivvi-l Sl Vogt 



MONTREAL, CAN. 

PrlncesH (.10>-; 
Quinn Binder. & R 
J uan & II • Rpyes 
Dlxio i- 
Oraofe Deagon 
Wplf & Jerome 
Harry Ames 

MT.VERNON. N.T. 
ProfliMSct., ■ 

2d half (2-5J.-:- 
Anper & Fair 
^Olhers to fill) 

NA.SHV'LE, TENN. 
Prin<;eflS (,30) 

Vauglin Comfort 
Powers & Wallace 
Clarence Downey 
Follies Rev 
. H.-i rry: Jo ! Bon . , . . ,_. 

NEWARK, N. 3. 

Proctors ■ 

2d half (2-5) 
Wayburn's Rev 
McKay & Mott 
(Three. to nil) 

NEWBLRGH,, N.T. 
Proctor's 

2d half (2-5). 
8 Maripo.s 
R.iy Vaughn 
O'Brien & Jos'pliino 
EJillott & -LaTour 
(One to nil), 

NEW HAVEN, CT, 

Palace 

2d half (2-Bl 
Gossips of 1927 
(Otherft to fill) 

nt:w rochelle 

IVoctor's . 

2d half (2-5) 
Summers & Hunt 
Jean LaCroas 
Rhyme & Reason 
Dunvars Rev 
.(.Qn5^.(o,ny_) .. 

NIAGARA FALLS 

BeUcvlew 

2d half (2-5) 
Allen &. Canneld 
Melville ,& Stetson 
Carr & Dowllng 
(Two to nil) 

N. ADAMS, MASS 

Empire • 

2d hajf (3^6) 
,<?fool 3 





Convenient to ALL KJ 
IDtown Aollvitles ■> 

HOTEL ELK 

205 WEST 53D ST. 

Cor. 7th Ave., N. Y. C. 
Single, S10-S14 weekly 

Double ... ^a"*";" 

Tel. CIRcle 0210 



II^Moderiily famlshod. Transients, $2 



Monologist 
(Three to fill) 

OTTAWA, CAN. 
Keith's 

2d half (2-5) 

O'Brien 6 
R & K J'forris 
Maude Ellet Co 
Dave Thursby 
John Barton 

PASSAIC, N. .1. 
New Montauk 

2d half (2-5) 
3 Nelsons 

^LflW-'C^imeron - 

Cuckoo 

Mack & Stanton 
(One to fill) 

PATERSON, N. J. 
Majestic . 

• 2d halt (2-6) 
Sybil Vano 
Wilson & Dobson 
Tarasoff & D ■ 
Frank & T Sablnl 
Brown &,Demont 

PIIILADELPUIA 
Broadway . 
.2d half (2-5) 
Castle of.DreaipB 
Ferry Cdrwey 
Plunkett & Mason 
Pollard 
(One to fill) 

Earle (30) 
League of Vamps 
Lehr & Bell 
Mixed Pickles 
Mystic Mirror 
Jones & Jones 
Juliet 

Grand Q. H. 

,^2d^.halC.-.(2.-5.).v^ 
Wright Go 
Lang & Lee 
Chas Frink 
Lane A Harper 
(One to fill) 

Keith's (30) 

Max Rev 
Du Fonts 
Gaston & Andre 
Al Wahlman 
'Ada Reevo 
Davis & Darnell 



Yvetta Rugel 
Mart oils 

(C) 

Count Bcrnivlcl Co 
Payne & nilllard ' 
Jerome & Evelyn 
Eltlnge & Vernon 
Johnny Bcrkes 
Bob Capron Co 
Hama & Yama . 
Alice Zopclli 

Nixon (30) 

Bentcll & Gould 
John Herman 
Arthur Jarrot 
Hariwells 
(One to fill) 

"piTTTSBCBfinr" 

Davis (30) 

Torino 

Werner & Mary A 
Sid Morehouse 
J Barry 
Rae. Samuels 
Lockfords 

(6) ^ 
Allen & Cahfleld 
Jon. Marks Co 
MuUor Sis Rev 
Clarence Downey 
b Appolon Co 
(Ono to flU) 

Harris (SO) 
Golden & Golden 
50 Miles from B'y 
Del Odcll 
Billy Jerrold 
Murray & Fayne 
Frank Van Hovpn 

PLAnOFIELD, N.J. 
. Proctor's 

2d half (2-5) 
Amiri Bux 
Wheeler & Sands 
Roxy LaRocca 
(Two to nil) 
PLATTSB'gG^, N.T 
Strand 

2d half (2-6) 
Loma Worth 
Dalmage & Kitty 
Elklns Fay ti E 
(Two to fill) 
PORTT^AND, ME. 

Keith's 

■ ■ 2d halt (2-5) 
Big Side Show 
Olyn .I^ndlck 
Cron:'5*-ell Knox. 



THE DUPLEX 

HOUSEKEEPING FURNISHED 

APARTMENTS 
330 West 43rd Street, New York 

Longacre 7132 

Three and four rooms with bath, 
complete, kitchen. Modern in every 
particular. Will accommodate four 
or more adults. 

$12.00 CP WEEKLY 



Ijeo '& Arch ■ 
Brown & Caron 81s 
(One to nil) 
_• 1st half (6-8) 
Gwynno' Co 
Dixie 4 

Wolfe & Jerome 
Janet Heppen Co 
Bond & Wright 
Buscoe & Rank 

2d half (9-12) 
Ward & Diamond 
Lauren & Dace 
4 Aces & a Queen 
Harry Ames 
Dave Vlnl 

A llman„ & Nalby 

POBTSMOL'TH, O. 
Leroy . 

. 2d half (2-6) 
Ross Wyse 
Sawyer & Eddy 
Colonial 6 
M.ay A- Kildufr 
(One to fill) 

POTrGIIKEEPSIB 
Avon. 

. 2d half (.2-6) 
Norma '& Golden 
Warden & T^aCosta 
Turelly & Clark 
(Two to fill) 
PBOVID'NCE. B. I. 
Albee (30) 

Eltinge & Vernon 
Noberto ArdelU 
Gen Broadhurpt 
Sylvia Clark 
Howard's Ponies 

. (6) 
Scott Siiundcrs 
McL'ghlin ft Evans 
Serge Flash 
Jerry & Baby Or'ds 
Moffat & Sullivan 

READING, PA. 

2d half (2->). 
Bert Sloan 
Ed Lahitcrt 
Prince AH 
Jack & Ruth Hays 
Rd Dale 
3 Kirkelos 
RKD BANK, N. J: 
Palace 

Id. half (2-B) 
Murray & Clare 



Night In Piarjs 
Robinson Carney 
(Two to nil) 

BICHMONTD, \A. 

T^rlc (30) 

Adams & Rash 
Wcndall Hall 
Paul Yocnn 
Battery to . Bronx 
Novelty Perrettos 

ROANOKE. VA. 
Roanoke (30) 
Louise Stone 
Broadway 3 
' Jlnkr"A~ "A-nn - " 
Shamr'ks & Tulips 
B & S .Mathews 

BOCHESTER. N.T 
Temple- 
2d half 2-5) 
Mme Hermann 
Mollle' Williams Rv 
Gerald Grlftcn 
Harry Wolfe CO 
(One to fill) 

SCHENECTADY 
Pala4<.e 
2d half (2-5) 
Morin Sla 
Inland. &■ at Clair 
(Three to fill) 

SPRINGFIELD, O 

I'alace 

2d half (2-5) 
Block & Sully 
Mason & Dixon 
Michel . 
Lylfr & Flo I/ajdne 
JoBThlnc Joseph 

STELBENV'LE, O 

Capitol 

M^i^ al (^ - 5 ) 
Dell Slii & "T'jikin:- 
Dcmay Mooro 
Faye & Thomas 
Hall & Kymonils 
Mlcarem':, 

Syracuse; n. y, 

Keith's 
2d halt (2-C) 
Wilbur cSr Adams 
Ponce . Sis 
J Norworth Co 
Sylvester *. Vance 



600 HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS 
LANDSEER ARTS. BENDOR COURT 



245 West olst Street 
Coliimbii.s .!>05D 



IRVINGTON HALL 

335 Wo.st ^Ist .'^troot 
Columbus i;'>i')0. 



31.1 .Wost ,")otli. Street 
(.^■)Ulilil)us O'liii) 



.HENRI COURT 

' 312 \Vc.<*t -IStli si rest 
38 HO rjOiij;;u.'rG 



HILDONA COURT 



341-347 West 45th street. - 35G0 Ijon^.-xoi-e. 
1-2-3-4-room ypartnients, liJach apartment with priv;ile b;i(h, phone, 

kitchen, .kitclvenette. 

$18.00 UP WEEKLY— $70.00 UP MONTHLY 

The larRost niaJntainer of housekeeping furnLshed apai'tments direfctly 
under the superviijion of the owh^i'. Ijocated in the center pf the 
theatrical district. All fireproof buildings. 

Address all cominunications to 

CHARLES TENENBAUM 

Principal OfUce ; Landseer Apts,, 246 West S'lst Street, New York . 

Apartments can be seen evenings. Olflce In each building. 
'.Will Lease by the Week, Month or Year -7- (''aniislied or Unfurnished. 





offi 

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Up BATH 



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FURNISHED 



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325 West 43rd Street 



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NEW YORK CITY 



Private Bath. -3-4 Rtrnms, Catcrlnit to tho comfort and coiivcnlcnc'e of 
V. the profoHsion. 

. STE.^M HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT- - - .- $1.'>.00 OP 



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Weekly 
$17 Up 



241 WEST 43D STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
PHONE LACKAWANNA '7740 . 

One and Three Rooms, Bath, Kitchen 
Completely Furnished 

In the Heart of Times Square 
WRITE, PHONE OR WIRE FOR RESERVATION 



Month 
$70 Up 



Reduction in Rates 

Large Room Private Bath 
$16,50 Week 
l-WO PERSONS 
SinRlo Room, Hot and Cold ^1 0 r\e\ 
Wafer Week «pl*».W 

Hotel America 

155 West 47th St., Now Ywk City 
Pliono liryant 0001 



nilly 7I:ill"n 
Tbar-h'.s Kna 

TOLlpDQ, O. 
' K,jKh's ' 

2d bait f2-6) 
RublO RlH 
Joromo &. Ryan 
KraftH & TiaMonle 
Edna White Ens 
Seed &. AuBtIn 
(On<? lo nil) 

l.st half (C-8) . 
Qallai lnl Si.s. - 
Cn.Ua li-n.<j 
Nancy ])p.t:V.p,T ■ 
-Scramblf'd I-<!KM 
StubblcliilflS . 
La Hill", ft. I'ola 

2d half (0-12) 
Frank Si afford 
Krank Of.;ato 
Cole & Snyder 
Ja''lt IluK.><r'li Co 
(Two to Mil) 
TORONTO. CAN. 
Hippodrome (.30) 
Si-hub'Tta 
llutiy Norton 
Sandy & DouBhiH 
J(:d l;iioley 
U'd Fi,Ili<'.4 
f6) 

I'!i.«siri(< K'. V 
fOih>:rH t(j I'M) . 

" tri?n"ic) s r Nt"'ir 

Cupltol 

2d h;i;f f2-.') 
Fit.'-l/.s Mln.>5< n 1m 
(()lh<-r,M lo lill ) 

TROY, N. Y. 
l'ro«'l»>r'H 

2il half CJ-',) 
UiUy Ar iit\»;t(in 
,T.,nf<; K- li:-." 
,fh"W Hind Tr 



UNION CITY, N. .1. 

Caitltoi 

2d h.-vlf • (2^5) 
All<:(! Zapclii 
Jan'; K. I.qp. 
Tfarvoy A (^onlln 
(Two to nil) 

• UTICA-, N, Y. ■ 

Gaiety 

2d halt (2-5) . 
-Biiiijoland : 
Hd & T.co Travcr. 
.ri.hn .?-. Haldwln SI.h^ 
Trolti)n -Ki Whllint,' • 
I I jp"!- .f.o ' flll). 

WARRE.V, O. 
RohbinH 

2d half (2-r)) - 
KcsHliiP *, .Morgan • 
Hilly cli.Tinp 
''astinK Sl.irH 
John I I'^Hhcr 
SIIUh Hi Satin.*)' 

WASir<;TON, D. c. 
Ki'iUi'H (2l>) 

In t)i>! flym 
Ki'n .Murray 
A)ll-n Wlil.l<- Orr.h 
Ifrirry Carroll ','0 
Mii'on Kr—lcr 
il:trry <'arroll Uv 
(Tv.o U) nil) 



.1 ljf> I'l-i.sco 
A<l!i. 

Jtu.'d'ji. P.anion '"o 
,^ 1-1 b.jr .1 )';voy <'n 
.MilllanI k: Milan 
l;ui)i)n?H 

1',1'i-t ^hr-l)|,;tril Co 
.Ja" k II.i.ll'<y .1 

wV><ir<;TOV. I'A 

Krlth'H 

Jd half (2-5) 
A' H WU.-im ■ 



MANSFIELD HALL 

THE BEST VALUE 
IN TIMES SQUARE 



SINGLE 
$10.00 UP 



DOUItLE 
$12.00 UP 



Our Best Front Rooms, $16.00 
226 W. 50th St, New York Phont 6170 CIroU 



Alloo Donahuo 
jThrec Ui ni|) 

WA T Eilli U RY C"r, 

Pularc 

2d half (2^5) . 
Rllxahnlh Hrlrio 
niddio & Cook 
Pa'juita *, (.;h'-kHa 
M:ixlnc A. liobhy 
(Ono to. nil) 

WA-rERT'WN, N.Y. 
Avon 

2(1 half (2-0) 
Danny Dufjan 
I^ydoli & fjihaon 
fThrf.-'! to nil ) 
WHEELING, W. V. 
Victoria 
2d. half (2-.-,) 
DanliilH *, KaiiiS' • 
C;o<;tz <t DufTy . 
Kramer Sr. I'aulinc 
l'l"irlo Quint 
\Or\i: lo. mo- 
wn ITE PLAINS 

Kcltil'H 

20 halt (2.-r») 
Mi-ri!i;rl(:.H of < )i)f-ra, 
Ucynolil.s A flaik 
Ifarr'Klon (ir^'-n. 
(ThrtM) to nil) 
VlTT.M'r;T07r; DE L. 

Giirrick 

2d half ■ i 

Ifr-Ki'i- Sr S:iri'l.v 
(Jha.; .V /•c.i;jj..M 
<TiV'j 111 U\\) 
\VOONS < KKT, It. I. 

HIJou 
2d ■ half .2-5) 
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3 T'.ypiil. 



HcHHie Ut-nipc'l 
Cardnir &. Dgohftin 
"FrViri k Snic ~ 

WOR( 'ST'It, MASS. 

. I'ala<".o 
2d half (2-5) 
4 Pejipor' Shalcers 
mio Kenovv ■ 
Ucvan * Flint 
Ullly kr^fay 
Haven MoQuarrlo 
YONRERH, N. T. 
Proctor's ■ 
.■ , 2d half (2-5) ■ 
Krt wa rdH Ttcy 
(Olh'TK to nil) 

YORK, PA. 
York O. H. 

2d' half (2-0) 
Flo .M. yi r.M (Mrlfl 
■ l'r(-s.Ml(>r ft KlaiRB 
.StaU.Tooiri No. 19 
Ijar'iii \- cun'tfham 
(On- t.. nil; 
YOr N(iSTOWN, O. 
KcKli- Mlioe 
2.1 half Ci-O) 
].,fjiiis (.'hi-rrlij 
Harii.n it- Itavin \ 
N; 1. llolf.,id - 

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VOi XC. No. 4 


NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928 V 


64 PAGES 



FREE 'AD' FILM 



MARION TALLEY EARNED $334,892 
IN CONCERT-^TILT WITH MANAGIIR 




HOMES 



Impresario Coppiciis Suggests She Retire for Further 
Study— Wrote K. C. "Star"--Girl Incensed and 
Answers-— Met's and Discs* Income Additionally 



Kanstaa City, Feb. T. 
When P. C. Copplcus, New York 
concert impresario, who haa been 
znanaging^ Marion Talley's concert 

engaercments since the spring' of 
1926, wrote to the Kansaa City 
"Star," giving the net earnings of 
the young diva, under his steward- 
ship, as $334,892, and stating , he 
had suggested tliat she retire for a 
year or so to study, he stirred 
things up. • . 

Miss Talley, in reply, wired the 
eame paper she was much incensed 
with Gopplcus' action and that the 
(Contmued on page 57) 



EAT IN SEATS 
AT MARATHON 
GUILD PLAY 



Standees Get Rest During 
Hour's Intermission of 
'Strange Interlude' 



That nine-act play of O'NeiU's 
"Strange Interlude," the Theatre 
Guild production at the Golden, 
New York, fooled the talent by at- 
tracting standee trade last week.. 
These standees went the full route, 
from 5: IS o'clock until the final 
curtain, with an hour out for din- 
(Contiirued on page 63) 



Ushers' Union in N. Y.; 

To Protect Feet 



An ushors" union is being Whis- 
pered of in New York. Promoters 
are keeping their activities an ab- 
Bolute secret. Many theatres em- 
ploy boys and girls too young to 
•know much other than ushering and 
not expert at that, < 
. One of the most stringent rules, 
If the union comes olT, will bo that 
no cufitoiuer can step on a union 
.tisher's ff-et. 



That's How Bad 



'!BusIness bad last week," 
says one feller, 

"How bad," said the other. 

"Grosses on the tablecloths 
at , the Astor fell off forty 
millions." . 



UNION STA(:E HANDS 
WITH AUTO SHOWS 



A hew wrinkle among stagehands 
and m. p. operators in New York 
is employing union stagetiands and 
operators for the automobile dis- 
plays being made by some of the 
manufacturers. 

The mo-kers of Chevrolets have 
two units, each to ballyhoo the new 
C'hev cars, and with each goes a 
three-man crew, carpenter, prop- 
erty man, and electrician. Each is 
an I. A. man and carries a yellow 
union traveling card. 

Use of the jpojtligh ts and flood 

are in greater demand than ever 
With the automotive interests, also 
strong for all sorts of special, fancy 
and ballyhopish illumination. 



Town's Stageless Stigma; 
Local Men Plan Building 

Sioux Falls, S. i)., Feb. 7, 
Dissatisfied over the inability of 
the city to obtain amusements has 
prompted organization of a local 
syndicatie which will build a com- 
bined, theatre and office building. 
Negotiations are under way . with 
prospective lessees of the theatre. 

Some weeks ago the town was 
left without a stage and felt that 
such a reputation w.ih too dam- 
aging to be maintained. yLocal 
business men will underwrite the 
cost of the new building. 




LOOPS NO-PARK LAW KNOCKS 
DAYTIME THEATRE BIZ FLAT 



1 6m. Size on Home Projec 
tors— 110,000 of Latter in 
Country Now — Mastbaum 
Company Running Behind 
on Orders • — Attendance 
Average 30 People in the 
Home Per Showing 



ON U. S. LINERS, TOO 



Taking commercial advertising 
into the home via 'film and free of 
charge is developing to important 
proportions. 

it's being done on 16m, stock and 
the Stanley Advertising Co.> be- 
Ibnging to the Jules Mastbaum Es- 
tate, is after it strong. A feature 
of the service to the - advertiser is 
that besides the home the film, on 
standard stock,^ has been crashing 
the ocean liners of the U. 8. Lines. 

The basic idea Is that the subject 
cannot be too strongly saturated 
with laudatory adjectives concern- 
ing the product. Film Is made to 
run off as an inside glimpse on big 
Industrial concerns and Is Offered to 
the home through a mailing list and 
dealers handling 16m. product 
throughout the country. 

According to a member -of the 
(Continued on page 41) . 



$150,000 PROFIT ON 
"MARCHETA"; COST $50 

Jerry Vogel's Suit Against F. 
Sheridan Reveals Unusual 
Details of Big Hit 



Loop Merchants Protesting — -No-Parking Until 6:30 
P. M. — Chicago's Neighborhoods Supply All 
Wants — ^Worst Business Blow for Downtown Chi 



No Stable for Horse 



Vonceil Viking, who left New 
York in January to ridei horse- 
back to the Pacific coast as a 
publicity stunt for Universal, 
met difficulties -In the effete 
east. She could iiot find stables 
t^.park her steed and was 
twice knocked oft the horse by 
automobiles. 



DEMAND EXPEaED FOR 
ILL "TALKING" SONGS 



Lros Angeles, Feb. 7. 

Song writers will have to develop 
a new.-technlciue In writing songs If 
they want to cash in on the fab- 
ulous .screen rights to the new talk- 
ing pictures. 

Many of the producers now pro- 
ducing short sketches of lO-minutc 
periods synchronizing sound with 
action, may sooh find the public de- 
manding illustrated, s^^ be 
mjido In the same faflh Ion. 



Chicago, Feb. 7. 
With Chicago neighborhoods in- 
dependent of the Loop for amuse- 
ments, legIt excepted, the current 
no-parking law has proven the 
severest blow ever deialt Loop thea- 
tres. In effect until 6.30 p. m., this 
law iTiis knocked daytime business* 
llat. 

Matinee trade, always weak, 
could ill afford the additional bur- 
den. Proof of the law's heavy toll 
in Loop business is additionally 
.shown in that the city's largest 
mercantile houses have pleaded 
(Continued on p£ige 41) 



"LIVING TRAILER-' 



"Living Trailers'' are being used 
to hcralfl future engfitrf-mentg of 
"The Jazz .Singer." 

The new trailer is in the hatur-e 
of talking announcements and com- 
ment, Instead of the printed matter. 
Scenes from the feature are cut in 
to accentuate the spuk<'n word. 

It Is a part of Vitaph'.me. 



"Marclieta" ■ earned more than 
$130, OaO not profits for I-Vank Sher- 
idan, according to Jerry Votrel's o-c- 
couiiting suit, which comes to bat as 
soon as kShoridan, how acting in pic- 
tures on the coast, can bo brou^^ht 
to. Xew York for the trial. Sheridan 
rontf-nds he is' tied up in pl<^ture3, 
hiiryln p .b?en pn the west coa'Jt ever 
si.Tce Vogel; wh(r~lg^ow~witK^ih'6- 
(Continued on page ,41) 



"Captive" in Balto. Stock 

Baltimore, Feb. 7. 

Broadcast in billing as "first time 
outside of New York,'V Baltimore 
gets a look at 'The Captive" this 
week rit't lie Auditorium, This play 
from the l-'r.f rich, which was .^topped 
In New York last season, was staged 
by the lOdwin H. Knopf repertory 
company, in the house oh an In- 
definite date. 

The orfiunizatipn started slowly 
but has buljt until last week, when 
Knopf brought Ann Davis from 
New York for "The Outsider," In 
whicli <^ho h.nd scored hftre before, 
and bu.^iu>'-.=;.H took a spurt. 

House i.s .^ral.-id. at $1.50 top, Last 
wfok .it '-,'riissed over $6,000, big for 
capacity and scAle, 



RadioU B*way Chat 

Th',- fir.Ht chatty Broa<lway column 
hri.T been booked for . the WM(.;.V 
1 MoAlpin station. Clifford B. Orr 
i will repeat every morning the ga4,'ri 
i and gossip of the .street. 
' .StT-on? st'iff for br'^o.kCa'Jt: . 



Milk Can Hideaway 

St. Albans, Vt.. Feb. 7. 
Bord'*!' li'^iior runners are tryin;: 
a new gam" to get the stuff throuuli 
j to. New York. Now they water thf 
milk and s'lbrrieriie the VtntllcK ii' 
the. cans. 

In a .sriiy)rri''rit ,oT , mill: l.i -r w"« ; 
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vice was clearly understood. 

There is nothing said as to Movie- 
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It's the first time it "tiilker" has 
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LONDON AS IT LOOKS 

By H ANNEN SWAFFER 

Tjondon, Jan. 20. 

Gertie LaWoncc's-mrtr-piagP. '-divorce -and- re-ehgagement :i.s. on« of the 
niost sticking c.uriositios trf my joiirnnlistio experience. 
• For years, scores of people knew that her husband, a man she had 
married years before, was still an obscure stage manager on tour, while 
she bathed in . the light of— well; you know how, when, on a. stage, you 
make noises 'with your mouth and grimaces with your eyes, yo"u are 
more talked of than Madame Curie or the Pope of Rome. 

The Great and the Obscure 

In. America, particularly. Gertie blazed In a sea^of ^lory. ; Tet,^time 
after time, 1 have known city editors try: to find her husband in some 
Unknown revue, in some obscure town, to ask if the divorce was coming 

off. Usually, they could not find him.^ . .. „ —-t^^.^„f. 

Then, one day, there appeared in the evening papers . a. mysterious 
divorce . case^the sordid Story ot- a young actress who had niarned a 
man in a position of authority over her In the theatre, a man by. whom 
she had a child, but who had failed to support her. 

It was obvious to anyone who knew the, theatre tliat it was Gert e 
Lawrence. for, although the husband's surname was given as Francis 
Xavier Howley. kno^wn as Gordon,", this was obviously a xjleyer way of 
using the words "Francis Xavier Gordon-Howley," as the husband s 
name was given in "Who's Who In the Theatre." . It was said in court 
that the woman asking for a divorce was an actress, but her stage naine 

was not mentioned. , 
; The-Olean-t^ 

Now. in order to clean up the divorce reports of the "News o< the 
Woiid" and the "Empire News," two . newspapers given to frankness 
concerning judicial proceedings which have shocked every stage visitor 
to London— "You talk about our -jrellow Press," they have said, "but 
what about yours?"— a: -law was . passed last. year restricting the evidence 
puhlished in divorce cases. • 

"What Its exact meaning is still puzzles Fleet Street. Newspaper editors 
wondered whether they would offend the court or hot if Gertie X,awreno'e's 
name was nientIoned, sQ they all left it out, although it seemed to me 
obvious, that no English Judge, would Insist, on the suppression of a stage 
name, the publication of which might be essential to the. admihistratloli. 
of justice. 

London News From New York . 

. Then, three days ago, the London .representative of a famous New York 
paper called me up and said, "Do you know. Bertrand Taylor, who is said 
to be marrying Gertie Lawrence?'.' 

. "Yes," r replied, "she introduced me to him. But you understand she 
cannot very well, be fengaged to him because she will not be free from 
iier previous marriage for Ave months. We should not publish such a 
story over here. Ther6 Is a rumor tjiat Marie Lohr Is going to marry 
Edmund Gwenn, but her divorce is not through either. However, if you 
publish the Gertie Lawrence stoty in . New York,. It will be cabled over 
here, and then the London papers will publish It." 

How the Divorce Became Known 

•Exactly what I prophesied, happened — and more than that. Under the 
story of the engagement, as cabled from New York, both the -"Daily 
Mail" and the "Daily News" published an abbreviated version of the 
divorce case, the real meaning of which they had both suppressed exactly 
a month before! . 

Now the extraoVdinary thing Is that both Bertrand- Taylor and Gertie 
Lawrence were in London, not in N^w York and that the story told by 
Taylor about his engagement was. catjled froni London to' New -York, 
and then from New York to London, before a fact whicli I had kncfwn 
for weeks could isee the light of day. 

When They Hate Publicity 

Then, the next morning. In interviews with the London evening's news- 
papers, Miss Lawrence was indignant that people were enquiring . into 
lier private affairs! 

Stage stars do not understand that they cannot be private people one 
minute and public people — if there are such peo^jle — the next. If they 
like it to be known that they were at Giro's Club last night, they cannot 
very well mind if a reporter says who they were with. 

Franicly, why all this fuss Is made about revue actresses, I catinot 
understand. Most of . them 'are quite plain, when you see -them in the 
street. Nearly all of them possess little more than the rudiments of con- 
versation. Personally, except for o'ne or two, I always keep out of their 
way. 



Lonsdale's Abandoned Play 

Well, Freddie Lonsdale has done it again, Alfred Butt has abandoned 
his scheme to produce "Foreigners," the" new Lonsdale play,, because 
"Foreigners," the new Lonsdale play, is not ready. Tallulja,h was. to 
have been in It, and all that sort o* thing — you Itnow, hectic wolnen 
screeching on the first night, and "Dear me, how wond.erful she is!" 

I met Freddie and Tallulah last Friday, when he was going off to 
finish the end, where I suppose a man. said,. "I love you," and Tallulah 
replied, "I shall love you always." But Freddie could hot do it, 

"Foreigners" will not be staged. 

Butt's Second Disaplsoihtment 

Tlho last time I had a long talk with Alfred Butt, he was just recover- 
ing from the fact that Freddie Lonsdale; after, promising to write for 
iilm a musical play -to -follow ''Jlose-Marie,'^ at. Drjiry/Lane^^^^ c^ 
find the end. Alfred was very angry. V 

"I cannot sue hirhi" he said, "because the jury would, take the author's 
side." Freddle's.repiy, of course, was "If an author cannot finish a play 
to' please himself; what is the good Of It to a mahagdr?" 

This is true, but why dp managers contract to produce plays that are 
'. not written? 

It saved A I Woods Money. _ 

Al Woods was :qulte cynical, when I spoke to him .about It. ■ 
"Lonsdale once promised nve 'Oh. Approval'," hie" said. "As he could 

not finish It, i did riot get the piiay. Then; when he finished It, Charles 

Dillingham got It/ So I saved $50,000. . 

Perhaps Alfred Butt has saved $50,000 again this time. Perhaps not. 



The N6yv Kine- Variety Boom - 

When I had lunch with. Sir Walter Gibbons yesterday, he was full of 
his rfew scheme, which Is nearly completed, by which, in a few months, 
he .will control 100 kine-variety theatres, stretching frohi Edinburgh to 
Paris, Sixty have, already been bought and a vast Invasion of American 
dollars has been forestalled. 

Walter always amaze.s me. He is ia quiet slow-thinking man, at whom 
many people laugh behind his back. Yet every now and then he co'mes 
but with some extraordinary scheme, "which he was thought out for 
months, and then complolos In a few days. 

He started life humbly. Now, he dinrs with the Kiiig of Spain. 



Two More Critics Barred 

Robert Loraine barred both Jame.'i Agate and Hubert Griffith from the 
first night of "The Dance of Death," Strindbcrg's glo'omy play. 

"Why didn't he bar nie Instead of you?" I asited Grillith yestei-day, 
"Oh, he'd be afraid to bar you," said Grimth, "No, he wouldn't,'.' I said. 
"I slated 'Cyrano' more than you did. Perhaps I deserved it. Two to 
one bar one." "Oh, but you praised his acting and slated the play," 
replied Griffith. "I praised the play and slated his acting. That's dif- 
ferent." 

Of course, If I were Robert Loraine, I would bar everybody, especially 
myself. 

Now Robert is one of our fincvt Jir-tfirs, but, like mo, he loses .his 
'temper when other people are .fouls. 1 like him. 




RITZY 



•I'U have my e^gs hard holled,'^ said 

ALAN DALE 

(above) 

Dean of American dramatic critics, 
probably thinking of 

HARRY ROSE 

"The Broadway Jester" 
Buffalo, Buffalo (Feb. 11) 



POLITICS IN FIRST RAID 
ON PJUJn BEAGH CLUB 

Palm Beach, Feb. 7. 
Venetian Gardens, the only nijght 
club in Palm Beach that is making, 
money, i^as raided Saturday evening 
while It was holding a ' capacity 
crowd, all spending freely. Sixteen 
employees were arrested on prohi- 
bition charges.. All the. liquor found 
on the premises was In possession 
of patrons who were not disturbed 
except that their drinks were In- 
spected. 

This is the first ;time a night. dub 
has been raided here. There is a 
political angle to the pinch since 
local and county elections are being 
bitterly contested. 

John and Chrlsto operate the 
place. 

After the raid Murry Smith's 
musicians were pressed into service 
as waiters and continued to serve 
w.ater to the crowd after the regular 
waiters were lodged In jail awaiting 
bail. The Gardens has announced 
its intention to go right on oper- 
ating for the remainder of the sea- 
son. 



Americans Apply for 
English Naturalization 

London, Feb. 7. 

. Layton and Johnstone, vaude act, 
have applied for naturalization pa- 
pers, which necessitates a residence 
of five years here. 

. The report that the act : would be 
on the Royal Comniand, progT^a?ii4s- 
iirroneous, as they are not-yet Brit- 
ish subjects. • 



Some Paris Bookings 

Paris, Feb. 7. 

A group of bookings Just reported 
Includes Haram and Jyrtll, dancers, 
now at the Casino, for the Picca- 
dilly, London, for the summer. 

Glenn Ellyn, dancer at the Perro- 
quet, Paris, goes to the Ambassa- 
deurs, Cannes, with Budapest to 
follow. 

Max Wall opens at the Empire. 
Paris, In May. Hal Sherman goes 
to Italy In March. . 
■ Quinault and Iris Rowe have re- 
suniM ^tiieir^'^^p^^ 

booked as a team' for German dates 
starting in Aprils 

Beth Beri of 'Tpllies'' fame has 
been engagied to sing the role of 
Wanda In the French production of 
"Rose-Marle." 



Falladinm Only Affected 

London, Feb. 7. 

Palladium ' Is the only Gulliver 
house to feel the effect of the 
change In management, the Sir 
Walter Gibbons' group having taken 
oyer the circuit. 

Chris Mamer, house manager, 
and Horace Sheldon, muslqal direc- 
tor, have received notice that they 
withdraw . Feb. 11. 



SAILINGS 

Feb. 11 . (New York to London), 
Ronald Colman (Berengarla). 
^^-Pebr-^11' ( New^ York - to -London) 
Robert Keane and Claire Whitney 
(Mrs..Keane); Cecil Lear and Cleo 
Mayfield (Mrs. Lean) (Berengaria). 

Feb. 11 (New York to London) 
Castieton and Mack (Leviathan). 

Feb. 11 (New York to London), 
Jack. Connolly (Leviathan). 

Feb. 8 (London to New York), S. 
N. Bchrman (Mauretanla). 

Feb. 3 (New York to Paris) Ed- 
mund Sayag, John T. Adams 
(Paris). 



Single Divorcees 
Louis Calhern, who Is in "Pos- 
seiased"-' by Vincent Lawrence, was 
to have, acted vaudeville .with *hls 
society .bridci Julia . Hoy t, but she 
will go it alone in "Every Half' 
Hour."^ So far Julia has not im- 
pressed the public with her his- 
trionic ability, nor yet with her pul- 
chritude. Perhaps ■ she has been 
over-exploited! She is better look- 
ing, at any rate, than her sister, 
Mrs. William La.'wrence Mia.rch, 'wl'ho 
divorced two husbands before ac^p 
quiring a third. Julia has only di- 
vorced Lydig Hoyt, arid Calhern ha's 
only had one other wife. 
. Julia IS: a grandda\ighter of the 
late Hugh J. . Jewett, president of 
the Erie ipailroad. 

Hope Wlllams' Family 

Few recruits from society to the 
stage have acquitted themselves, as 
creditably as . has Hope Williams, 
who Is playing her first professional 
role in "Paris Bourid," with Madge 
Kennedy. As a daughter of the late 
Waldron Williams and the late Mrs. 
W. Eugene Kimball, she Is of the 
elect, and has two fashionable sis- 
ters, Mrs. William Ross Proctor, Jr., 
and AlrB, John T. Terry, Jr. Her 
husband, R. Bartow Read, is a son 
of; the exclusive Mrs. William A. 
tieed, but It Is edifying tp note that 
Hope Willlariis is not at all up-stage 
or hlgh-hatl 

Mary Hone's Ancestors 

No name in the Social Register 
Is more esteemed than that of Hone, 
the fa.mily having been socially 
prominent for many generations. In 
the. early days of "Little Old New 
York," Philip Honie was not only a 
mayor, he was a leader of fashion, 
and his "Diary" Is a work of refer- 
ence. He is an ancestor of Mary 
Hone, now on tour with "The Cradle 
Song." This daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Augustus C. Hone went on the 
stage with the entire approval of 
her parents. 

In Palm Beach 

Palnl Beach has . b,een diverted by 
the presence of Mr. and Mrs. John 
Charles Thomas, who havei so- 
journed with her mother, Mrs. 
George A. Dobyne, at her villa. The 
singer, who gained, his first notice in 
musical comedy, is now a concert 
artist and takes himself very se- 
riously. In observing this really 
fine vocalist, who is decidedly hand- 
some, one instinctively recalls the 
amusing imitation of Mr. Thomas, 
announced as such, by Frarik Fay. 

Another member of the Palm 
Beach colony — ig Arthur Somers 
Roche, the novelist, and he also, 
though. Jn.. a different way, takes 
himself ^^eripusly. Each winter, he 
and. his wife; figure Tlri' the society. 
colxrmJis. and'^ apparently enjoy It. 

Still another ritzing it at Palm 
Beach is EJric . Zardo, known in 
vaudeville and iri concert as a pian- 
ist. He is spending six weeks with 
the fashionable Mr. and Mrs. Philip 
Corbln. 

Another Soda! Recruit 

This winter Mrs. Henry E. Coe, 
who' was Eva Johnston, daughter 
of the! ultra-fashionable late Mr. 
and Mrs. Taylor Johnston, made 
her professional debut in a costume 
recital, along the lines of those ren- 
dered famous by her teacher, Yve.tte 
Guilbertr -A- sister of -Mrs. Robert 
W.- de Forest, whose husband Is 
president :0f the Metropolitan Mu- 
seurii of Art, and of Mrs. Pierre 
Mall, widow of the Belgian consul 
In New York, she Is yet one more 
of the recruits from society to the 
stage. Mrs. Goe Is the mother <>f a 
grown-up family. 



PARIS 

By ED G. KENDREW 



Paris, Jan. 29. 
Anita de Caro, under the, name of 
Eleanor Pond, American comedienne, 
is appearing with the. English Play- 
ers In "A Woman of No Importance" 
at the Theatre Albert I. 



Company playing Henry Bern- 
stein's "Venln" at the Gymnase, 
headed by Gaby Morlay, Yolande 
Laffon, Yvonne de Bray, Chas, 
Boyer- and-^Marcol=A.ndEe, 4a^,&QlLedjv 
uled to open in Berlin during the 
winter. 

It is the ilrst time since the .war 
an important theatrical troupe has 
toured Germany. 



A revue signed by Salnt-Granler, 
A. Wlllometz and Jean le Seyeux 
and, perhaps, Jacqjes BOusquet, will 
follow the forthcoming revival of 
"Venlse" at the Marlgny- Raimu, 
Dranerii, Nina Myral and Jano.Mar- 
nac (latter not certain) will head 
the cast of the new Mari&ny . i-evue. 



AUSTRAUA 



By ERIC H. GORRICK 

Sydney, Jan. 20. 

Several ncNv shows opened l'a.st 
week, but until bu.sinegs settles 
down to normal again, hard to get 
a line oh staying power of any. ' 

Williantison-Tait presented "The 
Girl Friends" at . Her Majesty'«» 
with Annie Croft featured. 2ngilslv 
actress scored nicely despite , poor 
voice. Production lavish, with com- 
edy, falling on Leo Franklin. Cast 
eludes Gus Bluett, Loma Helms, 
Rowen'a Ronald,, Marie Le Varre, 
Reg. Shariand arid a .'corkirig ballet ■ 
Ted Clifford scored nicely in dance 
nuriibers. 



"Archie" Is at the St. James for 
the Fu" rs. Muriel Starr playing in 
"Cornered" at the Palace. . 

"Cuckoo In the Nest" at the CJrli 
terion; for Willllamson-Talt, with 
English cast successfully playing 
the comedy. 

Maulce Moscovltch finishing good 
run at the Royal in "The Terror." 

"Film Girl" Not Strong 

Rufe Naylor presented "The Film 
Girl" at the Empire last week." 
Ca.st features Bobby Jarvis and 
Van Lowe. Jarvis has not much of 
a role, the cohiedy being weak, 
likewise the book. 

Van Lowe did nicely In a speiak« 
Ing role* scoring mainly with hlg 
dancing. Audrey Lewiig Is a pert 
little actress, pleasing in everytlhng 
she does. 

. Show Is a flash', production and 
looks well. Naylor. has spent a lot 
and maybe he will get It back. 
Edna bare did nicely In a k -W bit. 
Harry Hall, staged .the production 
and did a good Job'. 



• Pantomime at the . Opera House 
and also at the Fuller's drawing In 
big business. Frank Neil is at the 
former hnuse, with Jim Gerald at 
the latter. 



Tivoll people presenting vaiade- 
vllle and condensed panto on the 
one bill. Big biislness being done at 
this house. Panto pl.Tvlng under 
title of "Babes in the Wood" hhs 
Crlssle and Daly, Rupert Hazell, 
Elsie Day, Stella Lamond, Fi-Jnk 
Graham and a host of clever kid- 
dles. Kwong Sing Wah featured 
vaudeville act. 



"What Price Glory" extended run 
at the Prince Edward. 

"Reisurrectlori" came into the 
Crystal Palace last week for a run. 
Screened four times daily, 

"Ben-Hur" Is hnv.inc: seoond long 
run at the Piccadilly. 

Lvreum IS playing "Hills of Ken- 
tucky" and "The Life of Riley."? 
Bfi-. Four featured act. 
. Haymarket ■ "Soft Cush- 

lon.s," "The Lost Limited." Chil- 
dren's panto featured stage attrao- 
tlont his week, . 

Lyric , showing "Life of Riley,** 
"Hills /Of Kentuelrv" and "Cinder-, 
ella'.' panto on the stage twice 
dally. 

Empress featurinp: "Alias the 
Deacon.'}.- 'tpals in Paradise" and 
"Soft Cushion.^?.'' 

Hoyt'.s and Strand runnine "East 
Sides, We.st Side" and "The Bugle 
Call." 



MELBOURNE ' 

"The Student Prince" still big hit 
at His Ma.iosty's. . 

"Queen High" successful at the 
Royal. Josephine Head. Hnpo and 
Rnmona added to show by W-T. 

Dion Boucicault in "All the 
KIne's Hor.ses" at the King's for 
W-T. 

Fullers have a. panto in at the 
Princess for a run. 

"Apples and Pairs'' at Palace on 
ruT). • 

~ Carrolls ■- are; .pro sontlng "The 
Alarm Clock" at, the Athenaeum. 
Tlvoll ' playing M.Tx. Morit?:, and 
Akka, Cavanaghs, Mario, Cooke and 
Vernon, D I Gatino revue. 

Fullers have Stlffy and Mo i*vue. 
taking up the entire show. 

Pictures 

Capitol— "7th Heaven." 

Auditorium— "Rpsufrectibri." 

Paramount— "Soft Giishlon.s" and 
'The Bu'crle Cnll." ' 



Notes 

"Cradle Snatchors" will play , re- 
turn season at the Royal. Sydney, 
after doing welMri New Zealand. 



-Hans Shlstel's Wonderettes en- 
gaged for TIvoll circuit this year. 



Morpraret Barinerman will open 
Australian, tour In March at the 
Tjlttlo th^.atrp. Molhourno, in 'Our 
Retters. ''W-T. 



W-T. will probably revive "The 
Merry • Widow" In TVfellinurne with 
J|5I5i^-J^'Advj).m1^^B doVvIos. 
The."50 arfi'sts ISn vo~'^oHrKd" i"n"^'TTi'e" 
Rtnrlont Prince." 



Reports have it that "TweVie" 
(Gin.trham GirlV In^f r\v\}o a bii'i^'h 
of coin for Rufp NaT or. It wa."' fig- 
ured. tlTat the show would run .nlviut 
20 weeks,, but it ran only a little 
over 10 aftor startinsr off woll. mat 
ohaneps montioned a'<? onn, of many 
cauppR for fallnrp. T-'^rnin'r Smi'h 
and tho .Oarltina c^^ntlp<^'•^■•1 re- 
turn f" ^mr.rir"^ o1->o"<l'- nvitiojiring 

(Continued on pnge -tl) 



Wednesday, February 8, 1928 



FOREIGN 



VARIETY 



LONDON'S WEST END HOLDING 
FEW SHOWS TO BIG GROSSES 

"Clowns in Clover," Musical, arid "Good Morning, 
Bill" Are Two Leaders— "Crooked Bitlet" Ter- 
rific Flop— Resume of Current Legit Plays 



NEW PARIS FARCE KEEN 
SATIRE ON POLITICIANS 



Garbage Man Impersonates 
Prime Minister and Does 
Him Credit 



London, Feb. 7. 
Few attractions are doing big 
business and the post-holiday slump 
continues. 

liondon's present top musical 
amash is "Clowns In Glover." This 
ahow will run until July. 

The biggest non-musical hit, pos- 
aessing a library sale as good as the 
musical, is "Good Morning, Bill," 
with Ernest Truex (American). 
. "Hit the Deck's" agency deal 
•nded Feb! 1. It was not renewed. 
. "Oh, Kay," with Gertrude Law- 
rence, Is slipping and will shortly 
close. The ticket agency guarantee 
on this one Is $7,500 weekly.: Week- 
ly grosses have been around $15,000. 
. Although ..loudly acclaimed and 
doing business, "The Second Man" 
iias ho library deal or real demand 
and will probably have but a Urn 
Xted run. 

"Vagabond King" got new life 
when moving from the Winter Gar- 
den to the Gaiety, but "The Desert 
. Song" has about run its course. 
"Sfnatchers" Not so Good 
A distinct surprise is "Sauce tor 
the Gander" ("Cradle Snatchers"), 
Despite splendid reviews and opti- 
mistic predictions by the. wise 
bunch, it Is not doing so well and 
. Is unlikely to remain any great 
length of time. 

"The Silent House" carries on to 
■ good business in its small theatre, 
and "The Ark" Is getting some 
action although here a year. 

"Two White Arms" started but 
■lowly, but library agreement will 
keep it going and Indications are 
that the show will pick up. Robert 
Loraine, in Strlndberg's "Dance of 
■Death," is faring poorly, while 
"March. Haves" is okay but not big 
"Lilac" Revival, Good 
Revival of "Lilac Time" sa>y the 
■tails weak at the start, but the 
situation has bettered and business 
for this one has been good as a 
whole. .Lonsdale's "On Approval" Is 
doing exceedingly well, and "Marl 
gold" Is going along comfortably. 

"The Wrecker" started \vell but 
has fallen off a bit, with "The Girl 
Friend" about as ever through turn- 
ing in steady and profitable grosses 
George Robey's "Bits ajid Pieces' 
Is another show that rates with the 
leaders. 

. A ten-iflc ilop after.a Kood start 
has boon roKistered by ".Ctookcd 
Bitlet." 

"The niiU'k Spider" ("Tlio Spld 
«r") isn't doing anything, but ' The 
High iRoarl'' holds up •nii'fly. 



American Act's First 
Vaude Show in 



London, Feb. 7. 
Despite the late hour and it being 
their first vaudeville appearance in 
any country, the Three New York- 
ers held the house in at the Hoi- 
born Empire for six mimbers. . 



Little Ghance of Princes* 
Becoming Picture House 

London, Feb. i. 
Among the properties , being sold 
or converted into huge cinemas, th 
name of Princes' Hote.r and res 
taurar.t has cropped up. But. there 
Is no foundation for the rumor. The 
position of Princes' is as follovirs: 

The freeholcl belongs to St 
James' Church, which adjourns, and 
the Princes restaurant people pay 
a rental of $50,000 per annum on a 
lease which has about 35 years to 
run. The owners want $3,750,000 
for the freehold, but, as an ecclesi- 
astical body, they would be. averse 
to a cinema or theatre adjf^'"ing the 
church. Even If these difflcultles 
could be ovorcome, which is un- 
likely, the Princes people would 
want at least $625,000 for: their 
lease. This means that before 
building operations could be com 
menced nearly -$4,500,000 would 
have to be paid, which makes the 
idea rather impractical. 



Jack Smith's Show 



London, Feb. 7 
Clifford Whitley and Archie de 
Bear show, in which Jack Smith Is 
being featured, is named "Will b' 
the Whispers." Cast is practically 
complete and includes Elsa Macfar- 
lane, Mlml Crawford, Mabel Con- 
standuros, Billy Bennett, Billy Mil- 
ton and Percival McKey and band 
Show opens out of town In. March 
and comes here early in April. An 
thors are Archie de Bear isnd Dono 
van Parsons. 
, Parsons, who wrote "Clowns in 
Clover" with Ronald Jeans, has 
been exclusively sighed by Camp- 
bell, Cc .nelly & Co., music pub- 
lishers, as a lyric writer. 



Paris, Feb. T. 
Le P6re Lampion" waa revealed 
at the Ambigu as a diverting but at 
times bitter satire In farcical form, 
of French politics and society. The 
piece by Jean Kolb and Belieres is 
highly disrespectful toward some 
cherished French institutions, such 
as official posltloh which commands 
vast deference from the middle 
cla.ss. The plot: 

Political rivals kidnap Prime 
Minister Desnoyaux and substitute 
Lampion, the garbage man, who Is 
the eminent -premier's absolute 
double. The scavanger gets a\vay 
with his pose creditably, hiv- 
ing . a good time with a senator's 
wife, attending banquets, distribut- 
ing honors with Jovial good will; He 
has several amorous adventures, but 
he amuses everybody. When he 
quietly fades out of the picture and 
besnoyaux returns to his proper es- 
tate, he is amazed to fliid how he 
has grown in popularity and friend- 
ly esteem during his absence. 

Tramel (who rather flopped re- 
cently in the Moulin Rouge revue) 
and Mme. Cassiva are genuinely 
amusing in the leading roles. 
"Dibbouk" Well Done 
•Le Dibbouk," Yiddish drama of 
mystic import, was successfully pre- 
sented at the studlOj adjoining the 
'Theatre Champs des Elysees. The 
Anski play has been translated by 
Marie Therese Kroemer. Story has 
to do with the return to earth of a 
Jewish youth to seek out the love 
of his childhood, lost to him in life 
by his ambitious father, Th« girl 
dies to join her loTer tai the be- 
yond. 

Dombre play !■ splendidly pre- 
sented by a cast including Herbert 
Preller, L. Grldon, Mmes. Marguer 
ito Jamols, Coutan Lambert, Su 
zannei Deanars and Jeanne Perex. 




FRENCH EXHIBS 





WILL MAHONEY 

Thc' New York "Post," in review- 
ing "Take the Air," said: "Tnia 
Mahohey chap can vary his irtoods 
from a pleasing Irish hoofer to a 
German acrob^it, to. a gentleman, 
actor, and to a dancing zanie with 
a genius tor falling as iiot oven 
Rome could fall. Such mad cavort- 
ing, such riotous Insanity and 
miraculously teetering - .dancing as 
this- Mr. Mahoney provides is suffi- 
cient to guide -'Take the Air' through 
any storm -that rhay lic in!; Its 
course." 

Direction 



RALPH G. FAR^NUM 

1560 BROADWAV 



TOMMY DAWE DIES 
SUDDENLY AT 46 



London', Feli. 7. 
Tommy Da we, 46, died siuldonly 
Feb. 4 of internal hemon-ha so. Ho 
had been ill for two weeks. 

Ella Retford, his wife, was at the 
bedside when her husband pfissed 
away. Miss Retford Is one of Eng- 
land's favorite artistes. The couplei 
had been married for years and 
were fondly attached. 



Ann Suter's Big 

Hit in Australia 

liondon. Feb. 7. 

Tommy llolt confirms an Austra- 
lian 0.1 1 ill- ■ from Ann Suter in - Mel- 
bourne, claiming she is the biggest 
:_.hlt, theiv(^ Js 120 _years.^ 1. 

Following Miss Suter'.s success In 
liOndbn, K.Mth-Albde discovered It 
had her Under a three yeors* con- 
tract and demanded that stie return 
to America to fulfill same. Where- 
upon. Mis.'^ Suter promptly booked 
Australia. 



GERMAN "ROSE-MAIIIE" 

Paris, Feb, T. 
Arthur Hamnierstein and Herbert 
Stdthart have left Paris bound for 
Berlin, where .they will Supervise 
the German production of "Rose- 
Marie." It has been estimated that 
the author's rights In the French 
production will have .a value alone 
of $40,000 . (basis of fi.'inc at 4 
cents). 



Barrie Oliver's Chance 

Liondon, Feb. 7. 
Barrie Oliver, appearing as a sin- 
gle at the. Alhambra (vaudeville) 
scored uijibtly yesterday (Monday), 
his oponiiig. He was handicapped 
by an'-orc'licstra that went wrong 
and was following a stage band 
sprinkled with hoofers. 
■ Oliver fares better in a , musiral 
show, .lull might bceome a yaude 
headliiuT it' teamed with a o'onipo 
teni fciuiniiie partner. 



KIMBEEiLY AND PAGE'S LOSS 

London, Feb. 7 
Kimbfei ly and Page, \vhoge house 
Tvas robiycd -some-weeks agor-werc 
compelled to settle the burglary In- 
surance claim of $7,500 for $2,000, 
owing to a defective policy. 



Report Mnac for Cafe 
Royal After 80 Years 

London, Peh. T. 

Cafe Royal, in Regent street, the 
Bohemian rendezvous of such per 
sonalltles as Sir Augustus Johns, 
Epstein, Novlnson and others, has 
succumbed to the lure of modem 
entertainment. For nearly 80 years 
music and other civllzed kinds of 
recreations have been taboo at this 
unconventional resort. 

They have engaged Hal Swain, 
late of the Prince's Restaurant, 
with a band of 10, which will play 
for tea, dinner and supper danaants. 
It is even whispered that they will 
run a cabaret. An Elsty organ has 
been Imported from America, with 
an American to manipulate It. 

To avoid the wringing of hands 
the management has retained the 
famous Bohemian Cafe, and there 
the old (jhelsea-ltes can still carry 
on their babbling .noises and sleep 
till closing time. 



Charge Favoritism and 
Threaten Closing 



'■ . ;■ ■ I'arl.'^^ Fob) 7. 

Freneh e.vhibitors. file.d heated pro- 
test against, the proposed regulation 
Of imported pictures by. government 
decree, at a w-cU attended meeting. 
They . particulauly oppose the plan^ 
of import control through the ceri- . 
aors. This is the plan which is up 
in place of tlie original quota pro- 
posaUs. It is believed the bill is 
doomed If it is brought to a vote 
in Parliament at this time. 

Such doci'ees as arfe applicable . 
temporaHly arc enforcible without 
a formal poll of the legislative 
I branch. ' . 

Fxhibltors charge that the new 
meagui'es are inspired by. certain 
interests in the producing field, and 
make plitln their determination to 
use only pictures made by other . 
concerna, s|)eclfically those com- 
panies which are known, not to be 
in fayor of the 'censors. 

The showmen declare they have 
a right . to a voice lii regulation of 
the picture business and declare 
that if a nieasure which Is Inimical 
to their Interests is put in force, 
or any measure is adopted without 
regai'd to their views, they .will close 
their houses April 1, 

Exhibitor. position is that the govr 
crnment is willing . to benefit a part 
of the industry by legislation that 
will prove detrimental to the ma-, 
jorlty Interests. ■ 



GILLESPIE ON SHOWMEN 
AND MOSS' DIVIDENDS 

But Moss' Went Off 10% on 
Issuance of Yearly Statement 
—Profit of $50,000 More 



COMMAND SHOW'S S. R. 0. 

London, Feb. 7. 
Royal Commarid Performance, due 
at the Coliseum (vaudeville) March 
1, has been sold but. 



New Yorkers Held Over 

. London, Feb, T. 
The Three New .Yorkeria, booked 
for the Cafe de Paris for four Weeks 
with an option, were notified the 
second day of the engagement the 
option would be exerci.sed- for an 
additionfil eight weeks. 



Hylton's Gontinental Biz 

' Londpnr i^eb. T. 

Jack Hylton and his band are 
back after two weeks In, Paris on 
percentage, and on© week In Berlin 
on straight salary;. 

Hylton's share f or >ls flrst .Paris 
week was $5,860 and the second 
week he bettered |«.000. In Berlin 
he gave three concerts besides his 
regular stage performances. 

Eddie DpUy'i Nite Oub 

London, Feb. 7. 
Eddie Dolly, brother of the Dolly 
Sisters, has opened a new night club 
here naming it The Stage Door. 

The place speclaltee* In serving 
ateaks from an open grilL 



T<ymmy Dawe had been a theatri- 
cal producer, manager and agent at 
one time or another . during a career 
that about .started In the British 
show business. His death may hayc 
been superinduced through les- 
sened, resistance arising from the 
shock of the tragic suicide of his 
close friend and business associate, 
James V. White, in London a few 
months ago. 

That saddening event on the- 
atrical London occurred following 
White's belief that he was finan- 
cially ruined through Inability to 
raise a large amount of money to 
tide over an oil field promotion In 
which White. ha.d Invested his entire 
fortune of milllm^ 
. Mr. Dawe had worked Industri- 
ously on the same deal. While 
Dawe; was attempting to find the 
necessary money and White was in 
despair at home, Dawe secured it, 
but as he was trying to get White 
on the phone, the latter committed 
suicide. 

Mr. Da,we and his wife, Miss Ret- 
ford, are favorably known in New 
York and among the show people 
of this country. Both often have 
been over here, with Miss I'vetford 
a^ -recogni7:ed vaudeville - headUner 
In America. 



London, Feb. .7. 

Commenting on several American 
managers', opinion that there is no 
showman In this country, R. H. Gil- 
lespie, managing director for Moss 
Empires, says his circuit pays its 
stockholders oyer 16 per cent, an- 
nually, and asks what American 
management can show such figures. 

Gillespie adds that If this Isn't 
showmanship, then he doesn't want 
to learn the "racket."- 

Moss Empires shares dropped 
nearly 10 percent yesterday ( Mon- 
day). ;upon Issuance of last : year's 
reports.- Thl.s' happened despite that 
the reports show a profit of ?50,000 
above the previous year. 



MODERN "MACBETH" SO-SO 

London, Feb. 7. 

Putting modern clothes on "Mac- 
beth" attracted a highbrow audience 
to the. Court theatre last night. 

They were polltejly tolerant. 



="Tirnei5dsv" Silly Meller 

Loiiduii, l''fl). 7. 

"Tin Cuds."' opening at ihc Clar- 
rlck. is a ridiculous m<'l(alrama, 
concernin.Lr Chinese pin'Ufs , who 
capture' ;i P>rltish vessel. 

The. iiii-co was politely received 
by a remarkably tolerant .ludlence, 
whereupon the author made a 
speech, coyly admitting his play 
wag succ'ssful. 



Rich'3 Return to London 

London, Feb. T. 
After a fortnight at the Coli.<;eum 
(vjiudevlHcji, Freddy Rich and his 
ij7uiS po~To 'iVerfm^^ 

The outfit returns to the Coliseum 
for March.. 



Chevalier Recovering 

Paris, f eb. T. 
Mayrice Chevalier, who has been 
seriously 111, Is reported progressing 
so speedily that his return to Casino 
de Paris Reviie will be possible 
within n week or so. 



George Bass Dies 

Xtondon, Feb. T. 
George Bass, lAncashlre come 

^nfCnr'ai^a :ih":Buirm#y Hos^pt^ 

5 following em operation. 

Fyffe's Slowly Imprevlnfl 

Will Fyffe, deotck «omle. tn the 
Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, 
321 East 42d •treet. New Tork, 
where he was operated »pon for 
neurosis of th« 
t ImproTeibenL 



MRS. A. J. CLARKE DIES 

Mrs. A, J, Clarke died Feb. 5 at 
the Knickerbocker Hospital, New 
York, following the, birth of a son 
about two weeks previously. 

Service will be .held today 
(Wednesday) at Campbell's funeral 
church at Broadway and 68th street. 
Interment will be In a vault at 
Woodlawn, until the remains are 
returned to London for their final 
resting place, 

Mrs, Clarke was married about a 
year ago. She was formerly Rose 
DoCprbett, a professional arid on 
the English stage. Her husband Is 
the International theatrical agent. 

Their child survives. 



INDEX 



Foreign 

Plcture.s 

IMcture Reviews.. . ... 

Film House Itevlews, 
Vaudeville ........... 

New Acts .. . . .■ 

Burlesque ........... 

Bills '/. : . . 

Times Square . , ... . . 

Editorial ......... . .'. 

Literati .... w. ...... . 

Women's Pa.ge , 
Legitimate ...... ..i . . 

Legit Review."? , . . . , . . 
Music i . . . . . . . ... ... . . 

Outdoors . . . ; . ,;. , , . . . 

Sports 

Obituary- ^> . 

Correspondence ..... 

Letter List 

inside . Vaudeville 

Inside Pictures 
Ncw.s of Dailies. . . . . . 

In.'ildc T><^t'rit . . . 



. . 4--2G 
. . J C 

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. '. . .SC' 
., 37 
..38-:j'.t 
. .4L'-4:j . 
. . . 44 
., -.20 
, .4P-4L 

\.4r>-y>- 

.-. 48 

57 

. : 07 

., ■ 57 

. .58-1;;) 

, , C! 

4 t 

. , 4 I. 
.. 37 

. .; 4 1 



. Cochran's Opinion 

London, Feb. i. 
It has been announced here that 
Tex Rlckard will duplicate Madison 
Square Garden for London on a site 
already secured. 

C. B. Cochran sajrs he knows 
.nothing of the scheme but thinks 
mm a Bood IdAA.. 



The TiUer Dancing Schools 

of America, Inc. 

228 We»t 72d Street, NEW YORK 

MAUT nWAD, Prwildent 
Plion* Rndloott 821B-8 



VARIETY 



P I C T U R E S 



Wednesday, February 8, 1928 



IF TITLER CM PASS SUPER, SAYS 
CON, THERE'S A CHMWF NOT! 



Explaining Something About Writing Captions for 
Pictures ill Hollywood^ When Not a Big Leaguer 



By Jack Conway 

(CON) 



Los Atigelos, Feb, 4; 

Dear Chuik: 

: There's a. lot- 6f funny ways of 
getting the hot meat and this title 
writing r.i.cket Is as comical as any 
you can think of. But it ain't, any 
tougher than standing out in right 
flelti and hollering, "I got it." And 
the pennies are much more plenti- 
ful.' ■ ■ 

But don't let anybody tell you it's 
as $o£t as- it.. looks. It's oak for a 
peasant to sit . out fi'ont, look at a 
deaf and dumb opera and. tell him- 
.self' tha.t any.;guy with .a, back, file 
of joke ippoks and a. copla of "Col- 
lege Humors'' can ' nit those titles 
and make them funny; but the an- 
swer: is that many a smart mug 
has had at it and did a prritt fall. 

And the reasons back of the fail- 
ure of a lot of bright eggs, to level 
at title weaving are a few of the 
things the. peasants don't know. My 
itiotto is never snialrt up a chump, 
but I know this Is .strictly sub rosa 
and that you will, never beef to any- 
ope who might peddle it. 

A title writer don't write titles 
for the public. He writes them for 
a sap called a supervisor. This 
mug sits at . his elbow and tells him 
. whether they'l|. be laughed at or 
hot. .TKe. sytte'rylsor can't title 
iftfe'd'icixue bottle, and. lij^e times out 
of . ten wouldn't recognize a good 



gag if it Jumped up and bit him; 
but there he- Is— try and get